Ecology, Energy & Agriculture

The European Union professes the principles of sustainability, the protection of the environment and the fight against the causes and effects of climate change. These ambitions are regularly in conflict with other aims of the EU like economic growth, agriculture and industrial policy.

Since 2008 COMECE has been engaged with the topic of climate change and has stressed the necessity of an ecological conversion and a different and more sober style of life.
In his encyclical «Laudato si», Pope Francis has flagged up this idea with his concept of an «integrate ecology» that underscores the link between the protection of the environment and climate, the fight against poverty, social justice, economy and politics.

COMECE is a founding member of the European Laudato Si' Alliance (ELSiA).

20 March 2025

COMECE assesses EC proposed ‘First Omnibus package’

Illegal deforestation of the Amazon rainforest: trees felled and burned to clear land…
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30 October 2024

EVENT | COMECE-FAFCE Conference at the European Parliament: exploring Integral Human Ecology and the role of families

The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) warmly invites you to…
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9 September 2024

EVENT | Join Us for the Season of Creation: Reflect on Water Management with ELSiA in Brussels

As part of the Season of Creation, which culminates on 4 October, the European…
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