May 25, 2021
International Dialogue on Migration of the International Organization for Migration
May 25, 2021
As Pope Francis recalled recently, there exists an “ecological debt that we owe to nature, as well as to peoples affected by human-induced ecological degradation and loss of biodiversity. These issues are not simply political or economic; they are questions of justice, a justice that can no longer be ignored or deferred. Indeed, they entail a moral obligation towards future generations, for the seriousness with which we respond to them will shape the world we leave to our children.”