The immigration crisis and the climate crisis are interconnected. Climate change is one of the driving push factors of global migration as weather related disasters (hurricanes, drought, flooding), and sea level rise make large swaths of land unusable and undermine the lives and dignity of small farmers and farmworkers and impact many national economies. Our immigrant brothers and sisters who are seeking a new life because of climate change impacts need our support.
This webinar explores some of these climate push factors impacting global migration, how Catholic Social Teaching informs our response, and hear from those on the ground of the immigration crisis as to how the Church IS responding. To learn more about how you can be in solidarity and accompaniment with immigrant brothers and sisters, please visit the One Church, One Family campaign.
Panelists: (full bios available here)
● Most Reverend Joseph Tyson, Bishop of the Diocese of Yakima, chair of the USCCB’s Pastoral Care for Migrants, Refugees and Travelers, and Catholic Climate Covenant’s Episcopal Moderator
● Chloe Noel, Environmental Research and Policy Advisor, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
● Jesús de la Torre, Assistant Director for Global Migration, Hope Border Institute