He spoke to Catholic News Service in advance of the Oct. 4 launch of a CRS campaign to build greater Catholic response to climate change and foster greater awareness of how climate change affects vulnerable communities. Such outreach is necessary, O’Keefe told CNS, because the communities most affected by climate change have done the least to cause global temperatures to rise. Supporting the effort are the results of an August survey of American attitudes on climate change that CRS commissioned. Concern over climate change effects worldwide measured a bit lower among both Catholics (78%) and non-Catholics (74%). “The forest families, the most vulnerable, are the ones who bear the consequences of climate change,” Pérez said.

Source: Ethiopian News October 04, 2022 21:16 UTC