Environmental and climate justice
The "Environmental and Climate Justice" thematic group aims to strengthen analysis, awareness-raising and advocacy on the links between ecological crises, social inequalities and human rights, at local, national and international levels.
It is structured around three complementary subgroups
Subgroup “Climate and Poverty”
Following on from CoRe I, this subgroup is deepening the work linking climate and poverty, at the heart of the RevE approach – Ecological Revolution for a just and fraternal world of Secours Catholique.
The actions carried out have helped to consolidate Secours Catholique's expertise on the social accessibility of the ecological transition, through a policy brief for COP 30, the creation of the Ecology-Poverty Fresco , as well as active advocacy on French public policies (National Low-Carbon Strategy (SNBC), Solidarity Pact).
For CoRe II, the ambition is twofold:
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Strengthen international advocacy , particularly within the framework of the UNFCCC (COP 30 to 33), the People's Summit and civil society events, in conjunction with international partners and witnesses from metropolitan France and overseas territories.
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Widely deploy awareness-raising actions , in France and internationally, through the dissemination of the Climate and Poverty report, territorial launch events and the multilingual dissemination of the Ecology-Poverty Fresco.
Subgroup “Environmental and climate justice with a gender perspective in family farming”
This subgroup addresses the structural inequalities faced by peasant, Indigenous, and Afro-descendant communities in the face of climate change impacts, particularly exclusion from climate finance mechanisms. It draws on the regional dynamics of CoRe I in Latin America and the expertise of field partners.
The objective is to highlight the strategic contribution of family farming , particularly of rural women and youth, to adaptation and mitigation actions, and to compare it with inequalities in access to public policies and climate finance.
The initiative unfolds as a regional space for action research and collective influence , through participatory research (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru), regional exchanges, and dissemination of results in national and international forums (COP, Summit of Amazonian Countries). It will produce comparative reports, case studies, audiovisual materials, and an international seminar in 2028, with lessons learned being shared in France to inform advocacy efforts on agricultural adaptation.
Subgroup “Environmental Migrations”
Following the study Environmental Migrations: Free to Leave – Free to Stay published in 2023, CoRe II continues the advocacy and monitoring work on issues related to environmental migration in international spaces, in particular within the framework of the Global Compact for Migration and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC ), which offers new perspectives for the recognition of environmental mobility.
The subgroup will articulate a France/international (local-global) approach, with monitoring of major international events (International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) 2026, COP 31 to 33), and the deployment of awareness-raising actions, particularly in schools, through dedicated educational tools.
Partners and target audiences
The group's work is supported by the teams of Secours Catholique, its delegations in France and overseas, as well as by key partners (Caritas Brazil, FTDES Tunisia, Caritas Internationalis, Climate Action Network (RAC), Research and Information Center for Development (CRID)).
Awareness-raising and advocacy actions target the French network, local stakeholders, schools, public decision-makers, climate negotiators and political leaders.