{"id":1014303,"date":"2021-11-15T09:28:42","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T14:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1014303"},"modified":"2021-11-15T09:28:45","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T14:28:45","slug":"faith-leaders-try-to-shake-down-wealthy-nations-over-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/faith-leaders-try-to-shake-down-wealthy-nations-over-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Faith Leaders Try to Shake Down Wealthy Nations over Climate Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffaith-leaders-try-to-shake-down-wealthy-nations-over-climate-change%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1014303&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Students-Climate-Change-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">ROME \u2014 A group of faith leaders have sought to guilt rich nations into redistributing their wealth under the guise of climate change reparations.<\/p>\n<p>This weekend, more than 40 bishops, priests, ministers, and pastors <a href=\"https:\/\/actalliance.org\/act-news\/faith-community-urgent-call-for-action-at-cop26\/\">called<\/a> for \u201curgent and ambitious action to deliver justice for the most vulnerable people and communities\u201d as the COP26 negotiations reach a \u201ccritical moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The focus of the document of the \u201cglobal faith community\u201d is not so much adaptation to the gradual effects of global warming or even actions geared toward slowing the rise of atmospheric temperatures but rather a commitment to funnel moneys to developing nations in the \u201cGlobal South.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe current text not only fails to deliver a separate mechanism to deliver action on Loss and Damage, it also does not provide any realistic path to new finance,\u201d the faith leaders insist, while repeating the curiously contentless mantra that time is \u201crunning out.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.133971291866\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Climate activists demanded an end to capitalism, &#8220;black liberation&#8221; and the abolition of police at a COP26 demonstration in Glasgow. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kmlzWeKxBy\">https:\/\/t.co\/kmlzWeKxBy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1457372033713643522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe texts on finance fail to provide confidence that the overdue pledge of $100 billion a year in support for poorer countries will be delivered,\u201d the document declares. \u201cThe commitment on adaptation, as part of that finance pledge, falls significantly short.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe current text does not address the fact that most public finance comes in loans, which are adding to the burden of debt for climate-vulnerable countries, nor the challenges on access,\u201d the signers state, evidently without providing any corroborating data for their claims.<\/p>\n<p>In the final section of the document titled \u201cThe action we now need,\u201d the leaders call on all parties to mobilize \u201ca separate and additional funding stream\u201d to finance mitigation and adaptation, making Loss and Damage (L&amp;D) \u201ca permanent COP agenda item\u201d and \u201censuring appropriate capacity and finance to support the full operationalization of the Santiago Network by COP27.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The signers also demand that richer governments deliver \u201cthe $100 billion promised for 2020 and every year up to 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.7142857142857\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Case Closed! Biden Declares Climate Change &#8220;No Longer Subject to Debate&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WcNyx4stxC\">pic.twitter.com\/WcNyx4stxC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1438312845440163841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis must be a 50\/50 split between mitigation and adaptation, must be in the form of grants and not loans, and address access issues so the finance reaches those who need it most,\u201d they specify.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorld leaders must now step up and deliver a clear, actionable text that strengthens previous agreements and puts those living on the frontline of the climate crisis at its heart,\u201d the text declares.<\/p>\n<p>Among the signers are the Acting General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, the General Secretary of the Lutheran World Federation, the Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance, the Head of Global Advocacy of Islamic Relief Worldwide, the General Secretary of All Africa Council of Churches, the Acting General Secretary of Friends World Committee for Consultation, the Secretary-general of the Interreligious Climate and Ecology Network, the Anglican Communion\u2019s Representative to the U.N., the National Indigenous Anglican Archbishop of Canada, the General Secretary of the Pacific Conference of Churches, the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa, and many others.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tdwilliamsrome?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @tdwilliamsrome<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROME \u2014 A group of faith leaders have sought to guilt rich nations into redistributing their wealth under the guise of climate change reparations. 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