This autumn, the Plenary Assembly of the 27 Member Bishops of COMECE will exceptionally be held in Paris in the premises of the French Bishops’ Conference (Avenue de Breteuil) from Wednesday 28 to Friday 30 October.
(Credit: COMECE)
By meeting in Paris, ahead of the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 21), the COMECE Bishops wish to send a strong message and to communicate their concerns about Climate Change.
– During their meeting, a high representative from the French Ministry for Foreign Affairs will inform the Bishops of the latest developments in the negotiations ahead of the COP21.
– The COMECE Bishops will also hold an exchange on the Ethical, Social and Economic dimension and implication of Climate Change with Elena Lasida, lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences of the Catholic Institute of Paris
– They will also examine a draft report of the Ad Hoc working group of COMECE on Climate Change and Sustainability to be finalised and published in November in Brussels.
The Plenary Assembly is not open to the public.
• Press conference – Thursday 29 October at 17:45
With Cardinal Marx (President of COMECE) and Archbishop Grallet (member of COMECE)
At the premises of the French Bishops’ Conference, 58 avenue Breteuil, Paris 7ème.
More information to come.
• Evening-Debate at the Collège des Bernardins-Thursday 29 October at 20:00
“The institutional and educational challenges of the ecological conversion”
Cardinal Reinhard Marx, President of COMECE, will address the above theme together with Ms Connie Hedegaard, President of the Kann Foundation and former EU Commissioner for Climate Action.
Information and registration at:
http://www.collegedesbernardins.fr/fr/evenements-culture/conferences-et-debats/les-enjeux-institutionnels-et-educatifs-de-la-conversion-ecologique.html
The first part of the debate will be broadcasted live on KTO-TV.
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