Windhoek, 14 March, 2024 / 4:57 pm (ACI Africa).
Churches and faith-based organizations across Namibia have been urged to utilize their platforms and the vast resources at their disposal to make “a tangible impact” in mitigating the dangers of climate change.
Speaking during a workshop that the Catholic Archdiocese of Windhoek organized, Innocent Haingura, the Environmental scientist said that the crucial position that churches hold in society allows them to address the issue of climate change.
“Churches have a unique platform to make a tangible impact on the ever-increasing dangers posed by climate change,” Dr. Haingurasaid in a Tuesday, March 12 report following the event that was themed, “Desertification, Climate Change, and Land Degradation.”
The environmental scientist is said to have stressed “the key role faith communities can play in leading initiatives that mitigate the adverse effects of environmental degradation.”
Speaking at the workshop that took place at Karibib, Erongo Region in the Catholic Archdiocese of Windhoek, Fr. Albertus Sheehama, the dean of the Western deanery that is part of the Namibian Archdiocese said that the Catholic Church has “vast resources” at its disposal to combat climate change.
