Sister Joan Brown Quoted in NCR Article

The Climate 21 Project produced a series of memos with input from more than 150 experts on how the next president can implement a whole-of-government response to climate change beginning on Day One.

Franciscan Sr. Joan Brown, head of New Mexico Interfaith Power & Light, said that course reflects the idea of integral ecology that Pope Francis described in Laudato Si’. She said it recognizes the interrelated problems that climate change involves and proposes a similarly integrated response.

“I really feel this is a good way to go,” Brown said.

The Climate 21 Project put forward recommendations for 11 federal departments and offices, including the Justice Department, State Department, the Office of Management and Budget and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Read full article, entitled “Biden to enter White House with Cabinet stocked with climate advocates,” published on Jan. 19, 2021