Green Climate Fund
Maryknoll joins 120 religious communities in urging Congress to support the Green Climate Fund
We urge Congress to support the $750 million budget request for the Green Climate Fund to both reduce greenhouse gas emissions and respond to the needs of the most vulnerable.
Maryknoll joins faith groups in letter to Congress: Support Green Climate Fund
83 faith groups sent a letter to the U.S. Congress, urging support for the #Green Climate Fund.
Maryknoll applauds U.S. - China climate agreement, calls on Congress to support the Green Climate Fund
On September 24, Pope Francis said in his address to a joint meeting of Congress, “I call for a courageous and responsible effort to ‘redirect our steps, and to avert the most serious effects of the environmental deterioration caused by human activity.’”
Maryknoll statement on Green Climate Fund
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns commends the administration’s $3 billion contribution to the Green Climate Fund. This fund has the potential to finance important adaptation and mitigation projects to transform the lives of the poorest and most vulnerable communities to climate change in developing countries and to protect God’s creation.