EU Overshoot Day, falling on 3 May, marks the moment when Europe’s demand for natural resources exceeds what the planet can regenerate in an entire year. This stark milestone reveals how current consumption patterns are not only environmentally unsustainable, but also deeply unjust, with the greatest impacts felt by those who contribute least to the crisis.
Welcoming the UN Roadmap for eradicating poverty beyond growth, ELSiA calls for a profound shift in how we understand economic success. Rooted in the vision of Laudato Si’, the Roadmap places justice, human dignity and care for our common home at the heart of economic transformation.
Statement by the European Laudato Si’ Alliance on the occasion of the ninth World Day of the Poor As the world marks the ninth World Day of the Poor, the European Laudato Si’ Alliance (ELSiA) renews its call for justice,…
The European Laudato Si’ Alliance joined faith leaders, civil society, and Church representatives at the Raising Hope Conference to renew the call for ecological conversion and climate justice. Exactly one month ago, from 1 to 3 October, over a thousand…
With the revised European Waste Directive entering into force today, the European Laudato Si’ Alliance (ELSiA) offers the following statement on this important development and its implications for sustainability and social responsibility across Europe. “Today, 16 October the revised European…
An urgent call has been issued to EU leaders, asking them to act with ambition, fairness and courage in defining the updated EU Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) and setting a 2040 climate target that responds to the scale of the…
The text below is the letter sent by ELSiA to the Polish Council Presidency regarding the EU’s position on the 4th Financing for Development Conference () (taking place in June in Spain), in particular on the issue of debt justice.…
Brussels, 5 March 2025 The European Laudato Si’ Alliance (ELSiA) and Caritas Europa co-organised an event to discuss theCatholic perspective on debt justice and Europe’s role in addressing this global crisis. Participantsexpressed their support to the ‘Turn Debt into Hope’…
📍 Location: a&o Brussel Centrum📅 Date: Wednesday 5.3.2025⏰ Time: 15:30 – 17:30, followed by Ash Wednesday Mass (18:00) Debt is not just a financial issue; it is a moral issue that affects human dignity and global justice. Around the world,…
Below is the text of the letter drafted by six members of ELSiA and addressed to the President of the European Commission and the Head of the European Parliament Delegation to COP29 a few days before the official opening of…
