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Forum of the Comboni Family on Integral Ecology 2025 – 6
Monday, November 17, 2025
Yesterday, the People's Summit concluded with a masterful and historic event: the official presentation of the People's Summit Declaration to COP30 President Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago. The document outlines the struggles and proposals to address the global climate and socio-environmental crisis. The fundamental cause is the current economic system, which sacrifices nature and the life that inhabits it for profit and the accumulation of wealth. It proposes to unmask misleading market solutions and ensure that natural resources are considered common goods. [Read the entire attached document]
At the same time, the Children's Summit concluded with the children writing a letter, which they also delivered to the president of COP30, expressing their sadness and concern about the way we are destroying the world. They said that they are not just the future, they are also the present, and they do not want to grow up in a world destroyed by war and climate change. They concluded with a call ‘to care for the planet as you would care for a child’ [Read the entire attached document]
In his brief message, COP30 President Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago said that this COP was historic because of the participation of civil society and popular movements. Unlike the three previous COPs, in Belém, Brazil, at COP30 global civil society had a voice. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sent a message to the People's Summit, read by Minister Marina Silva, noting that COP30 would not have been possible without the participation of civil society and popular movements. He said, ‘The fight against climate change requires the mobilisation and contribution of the whole of society, not just governments,’ He insisted that sustainable development is necessary, ‘a world at peace, with greater solidarity, less inequality, free from poverty, hunger and crisis.’
After participating in all these events, the Comboni Family concluded its visit with a Eucharistic celebration presided over by Monsignor Léonard Ndjadi Ndiaye, auxiliary bishop of Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo. In his homily, he invited everyone to build a better world based on Gospel values.
In the context of the Meeting of Bishops of the Global South at COP30: The Poor and the Cry of the Earth, he stated that the Church has four priorities: 1. Education for Integral Ecology. 2. The ethical dimension of energy transformation. 3. The role of women in the Church. 4. Dialogue with indigenous peoples, as action cannot be taken without their participation. He concluded by asking for prayers for peace in his country and for his diocese.