by Bee Moorhead | Dec 6, 2018 | Climate Justice, Resources, TXIPL Website
God of Beauty, You created the world and all its inhabitants. You moved among your people to break the bonds of their oppressors, While also holding them accountable when they sought to oppress others. You sent your son Jesus Christ to heal and challenge, and he died...
by Bee Moorhead | Dec 6, 2018 | Climate Justice, Resources, TXIPL Website
Wherever you turn, whatever you see, whatever you touch – God’s presence is there. It is God’s handiwork. Though we do not think of God with hands and face, just as God -shaped Adam in perfect form [15:29] , so God has shaped everything on earth [55:7]. It...
by Adrian Shelley | Dec 5, 2018 | Climate Justice, TXIPL Website
This afternoon I attended a side event panel discussion entitled “Climate Science for Policy.” This panel discussed the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Chance (IPCC) Special report, World Meteorological Organization(WMO) statement on the state of the global...
by Bee Moorhead | Dec 5, 2018 | Climate Justice, Economic Justice, Economic Participation, Global Climate Policy, TXIPL Website
One of the biggest themes of COP 24 is a commitment to Just Transition, the ideology that as we transition to clean and renewable energy, we do so in a manner that does not further disenfranchise those who are already vulnerable. Indigenous people, people of color,...
by Ilka Vega | Dec 3, 2018 | Climate Justice, TXIPL Website
“Qué es lo que nos falta para dar una respuesta contundente y eficaz a la crisis climática? Lo que necesitamos es sin duda audacia, creatividad, acción colectiva y una mayor ambición.” – Patricia Espinosa “What are we missing to have a convincing and efficient...
by Bee Moorhead | Dec 3, 2018 | Climate Justice, TXIPL Website
The opening plenary of COP 24 saw many important figures speak, from the President of the United Nations’ General Assembly to the President of Poland. A variety of messages in English, Polish, and Spanish were spoken to the delegates from the 193 countries who are a...