Editing Cláudio Hummes (section)

==Climate activism ==

On 29 November 2015, ahead of the [[2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference]] Cardinal Hummes appeared again on the world's global media stage when he and [[Avaaz]] campaigner [[Oscar Soria]] displayed a pair of shoes donated by [[Pope Francis]] to support a climate demonstration in [[Paris]] that had replaced a planned march after French authorities had banned public protests in the aftermath of the [[November 2015 Paris attacks]]. Parisians and others from around the world donated shoes and set them up at [[Place de la Republique]], in a symbolic march organized by the civic movement [[Avaaz]] which gained the support of the pope.<ref name=BBC>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34948805|title=COP21: Pope's adviser urges Catholics to join climate marches|work=[[BBC]]|first=Matt|last=McGrath|date=28 November 2015|access-date=10 July 2016}}</ref>

"This is a very important and also very emotional moment, the Pope wanted to personally participate symbolically just like all of us who have put our shoes, we want to participate symbolically to the worldwide march for climate change here in Paris", Cardinal Hummes told journalists at the event.<ref name=HP>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/empty-shoes-left-out-to-replace-cancelled-paris-climate-march_us_565b41ede4b079b2818aaa72|title=Empty Shoes Left Out To Replace Cancelled Paris Climate March|work=[[HuffPost]]|first=HuffPost|last=WorldPost|date=29 November 2015|access-date=10 July 2016}}</ref>

"We ask for drastic cuts of [[carbon emissions]] to keep the global temperature rise below the dangerous threshold of 1.5&nbsp;°C," the cardinal said before international media. "As the bishops' appeal states, we need to 'put an end to the [[fossil fuel]] era' and 'set a goal for complete decarbonisation by 2050 (...) And we ask wealthier countries to aid the world's poorest to cope with [[effects of climate change|climate change impacts]], by providing robust climate finance," he added.<ref name=Tablet>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/2871/0/a-pair-of-papal-shoes-stand-in-defiance-of-paris-authorities-as-catholics-demonstrate-over-climate-change|title=A pair of papal shoes stand in defiance of Paris authorities as Catholics demonstrate over climate-change|work=[[The Tablet|Tablet]]|first=Sean|last=Smith|date=30 November 2015|access-date=10 July 2016}}</ref>

Recounting that event, Cardinal Hummes later said: "I had the privilege, along with [[Oscar Soria]] from [[Avaaz]], to bring the shoes of Pope Francis. There were lots of expectations, it was a great and symbolically strong way of pressure from the people, and as well the presence of Pope Francis, in this clamor to avert climate change".<ref name=REPAM>{{cite web|url=http://redamazonica.org/2015/12/zapatos-del-papa-francisco-un-simbolo-en-la-defensa-del-planeta/|title=Zapatos del Papa Francisco: un símbolo en la defensa del planeta|work=[[REPAM]]|first=Caritas|last=Ecuador|date=1 December 2015|access-date=10 July 2016}}</ref>