More Money than God? GreenFaith Statement Re: COP29

Energy Finance and Climate Destruction on a Sacred Planet

COP29 in Azerbaijan, taking place between 11-22 November, has been designated as a finance COP, to be focused on determining a “new collective quantified goal” (NCQG), an amount of funding provided by governments for the energy transition and the climate crisis.

Click here to read GreenFaith’s commentary before COP29 begins.

GreenFaith is also hosting a side event at the Faith Pavilion called “Grassroots Faith Voices for Climate Justice” on Wednesday, 20 Nov at 10:30am GMT +4. The event will be live-streamed here: https://www.youtube.com/@FaithPavilion/streams

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