Walk. Talk. Act – for climate action | ICN – Independent Catholic News

The impact of climate change on our world is now evident to all. Scientists have been warning us about the implications for decades – and now we’re seeing them. We should have acted years ago, but we didn’t. Every further day without radical action increases the pain we will sustain and the challenge of controlling the climate and its impact on people and planet.In the run-up to COP27, a mass participation initiative is happening around the world to catalyse climate action by creating an opportunity to learn from each other, build solidarity, and make important connections. Participants are welcome from all countries and across the key stakeholder groups of governments and cities, companies, NGOs, students, faith groups, and friends and family.Walk2COP27 is an opportunity to get people moving wherever they are – a collaborative 45-day journey where participants can track their distances walked, run, cycled or travelled in a wheelchair and interact with communities of like-minded people. Every kilometre travelled means more trees planted.”We are delighted to be the tree planting partner, receiving funds from Walk2COP27 to plant trees in Burundi; and the charity partner benefitting from funds raised by participants to continue our vital work around the world,” says…
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