Taproot Earth joined the Laudato Si’ Raising Hope Conference to deepen alignment between faith-based movements and the work of Global Climate Reparations. Across this convening, leaders lifted up the intertwined calls for land return, debt cancellation, and collective governance as vital acts of ecological and spiritual repair.

The gathering marked a visible shift within global faith communities toward a horizon of repair and renewal, where repair replaces extraction and co-governance restores balance. From bishops naming the right of peoples to remain on their lands to networks modeling how resources can flow back to those most impacted, the conversations affirmed what communities across the Global South have long known: that justice begins with return.

The closing water ceremony, where participants mingled waters from their homelands, honored the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor, linking sacred ritual with the ongoing movement for repair that began with the Frontline People’s Jubilee Council and continues flowing toward Belém.

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At the UN Forum on Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law, Taproot Earth's Colette Pichon-Battle joined global leaders  to center reparations as essential to addressing the climate crisis. Speaking on a high-level panel on systemic transformation, Taproot emphasized that democracy cannot thrive on a planet shaped by extraction and inequity, and that Global Climate Reparations offer a framework for rebuilding governance rooted in accountability, repair, and liberation. This gathering came on the heels of the International Court of Justice advisory opinion on climate change, providing a timely platform to link human rights, climate action, and the moral and legal imperative of repair. From Geneva to the Gulf South, the work remains clear: climate justice requires structural change that redistributes power to frontline communities.

By naming reparations as both a remedy and a right, Taproot Earth helped expand the conversation from policy to possibility, grounding global dialogue in the lived realities and leadership of those most impacted, communities whose visions for repair continue to flow toward Belém.
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