Insights

“We must not be silent”

Timothy Cross October 1, 2026

The lethal consequences of the climate crisis fill today’s headlines. This year alone, a collapsing glacier unleashed flooding that has killed or displaced thousands of people in Nepal and Tibet. Drought and record heat have led to more than 26,000 excess deaths in Western Europe. Smoke from more than 900 Canadian wildfires has contaminated air across North America. The Colorado River, Lake Powell and Lake Mead are at historic lows,

“A Movement of Movements”

CEE Staff September 30, 2026

The Immorality of Inaction (September 18) “We’re gathered here today to see clearly and to voice truth,” said Karenna Gore, founder and executive director of the Center for Earth Ethics, in welcoming guests to “Immorality of Inaction: Voicing Truth on Climate,” a public call-to-action on the climate crisis on Friday, September 18 at the historic Riverside Church on the Upper West Side. Nobel Laureate and former Vice President Al Gore

“We are affecting our own survival”

Clara Chavez-Ives August 25, 2026

“Water is not a commodity. In some ways, it’s a covenant: it carries memories, it sustains life and it carries the sacred,” reflected Union Theological Seminary President Lisa Thompson while welcoming guests to a webinar on the status of clean water protection hosted by the Center for Earth Ethics on July 28, 2026. Today, however, 80% of the country’s wetlands and millions of miles of creeks and streams are at

“Learning to Be Addressed by Place”

Guest Writers August 25, 2026

This past June, the Center for Earth Ethics hosted “Spirit of Place, Spirit of Earth: An Eco-Justice Training” at the Ashokan Center in New York’s Hudson Valley. More than 120 participants, speakers, facilitators and guests gathered for an immersive weekend of learning, reflection, conversation and time on the land. Together, we explored questions of ecological belonging: How do we recognize and honor our innate relationship with the Earth? What does

A Moral Intervention: Global Ethical Stocktake Documentary Premiere Launches New Phase of International Initiative

Ned Joyner June 29, 2026

On Monday, June 22, leaders from the Brazilian government and the Global Ethical Stocktake network gathered for the world premiere of “A People’s Stocktake—A Story of the Global Ethical Stocktake.” The feature-length documentary, whose release coincided with London Climate Action Week, details the 2025 GES dialogues, which elevated the moral, ethical, philosophical and cultural dimensions of the climate crisis ahead of COP30, the UN’s 2025 climate conference. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0F5wVSAZec Under the

New York Rolls Back Landmark Climate Legislation

Clara Chavez-Ives June 9, 2026

On May 28, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the state’s fiscal year 2027 budget into law. Just two days earlier, the state legislature approved major climate rollbacks in one of the ten bills that make up the budget. The passage of the Transportation, Economic Development and Environmental Conservation (TED) bill marked the end of a months-long fight between the Governor and the State Senate and Assembly. Coming nearly two