Rev. Canon Dr Ezekiel Olusegun Babatunde, director of the Institute of Church and Society with the Christian Council of Nigeria, speaks about attempts to provide clean drinking water to communities in Nigeria.

David Weaver, senior advisor for Global Advocacy at Church World Service in the United States, shares about the Mwingi Water for All Project, and how it is attempting to contribute to water justice.

Susan Lea Smith is an environmental and natural resources law professor from the United States. She shares her concern over the water crisis and the unjust distribution of water in the world, as well as efforts made to address this issue from a rights based perspective in her country.

Dr Rommel F. Linatoc reflected on the issues of water and sanitation from an ecumenical perspective in the Philippines, speaking in an interview at the Global Forum of the Ecumenical Water Network. The theme of the forum, which took place from 25-27 October in Nairobi, Kenya, was "Like a tree planted by the water".

On 28 September, the Tuvalu government declared Tuvalu to be in a state of emergency due to water shortage - the result of a five-month drought in the Pacific Island nation. Churches are calling for both swift action and long-term plans.

At a time when the impact of climate change is on the front page of nearly every newspaper, magazine and web page, churches around the world are calling for a renewed commitment towards the environment and ecosystems.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has joined in a call to observe Thursday 1 September through Tuesday 4 October 2011 as a time for prayer, reflection and re-dedication regarding care for and just use of God’s gifts in nature.

Young Christians aged 18-30 years are invited to apply for a programme addressing the links between environmental and socio-economic justice which is jointly organized by the WCC and the Lutheran World Federation in the context of UN climate negotiations in the latter part of 2011.

Read about the Italian churches' promotion of water as a public good and Israel's Supreme Court acknowledging the right to water of Bedouins in the Negev in the latest edition of the EWN newsletter.

Conflicts over water threaten peace in the world, the WCC general secretary Olav Fykse Tveit told a gathering in Germany on the banks of the River Danube to mark the end of the Decade to Overcome Violence.