NYCW 2026: Season of Creation — SkimNews
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- NYCW 2026: Season of Creation — a Laudato Si' and Carbon Tracker panel — will be held on 24 September 2026 at Fordham University's Lincoln Center Campus from 13:00 to 14:30.
- UNEP's September 2026 report projects at least 1.8°C of warming even in the most optimistic future, with the panel citing its finding that "There are no good outcomes above 1.5°C."
- The ICJ advisory opinion of July 2025, establishing a stable climate as a human right, was endorsed by the UN General Assembly 141–8 in May 2026, with the COP31 host among the abstentions.
- A decade of COP outcomes from Paris to COP30 consistently omitted the phrase "fossil fuels," prompting the formation of the Santa Marta coalition of the willing.
- Summer 2026 heatwaves caused over 35,000 excess deaths across Europe, and seven of nine planetary boundaries have already been exceeded, according to the source.
- The panel will pose "Optimism or realism?" — contrasting the challenge to "stop pretending" against communities that rise to the occasion and Laudato Si's reminder that "the cry of the Earth is the cry of the poor."
Why it matters: The panel convenes as the UN General Assembly has codified a stable climate as a legal right, yet UNEP projects 1.8°C is unavoidable and seven of nine planetary boundaries are already breached — giving the Santa Marta coalition and faith-based advocates a platform to challenge the COP tradition of omitting "fossil fuels" from outcomes.
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