More than 100,000 people marched through the streets of Copenhagen Saturday, 12 December 2009 in the hope of having an impact on the ongoing negotiations around climate change. Part of the march, which was co-organized by the WCC, were several thousand young people from around the world carrying banners calling for Climate Justice.

On Sunday 13 December 2009 Archbishop (em.) Desmond Tutu handed over half a million signatures and pledges for climate justice to Yvo de Boer, UNFCCC executive secretary. Read more...

Watch a video of the handover

An ecumenical celebration, attended by Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, members of the Danish government, participants at the UN climate change summit and a plethora of religious leaders, was hosted by the National Council of Churches in Denmark in collaboration with DanChurchAid and the WCC on Sunday 13 December. Read more...

Watch a video of the celebration (Danish television).

Why should religious people be involved in the climate change debate? And how should they view themselves in relation to the earth and God, its creator? These questions were part of three presentations at 14 December side event to the UN climate negociations called "Renew the face of Earth: Faith-based approaches to climate justice", organized by the World Council of Churches (WCC) and Caritas Internationalis. Read more...

Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, WCC general secretary-elect, spoke about ecumenical visions and future work on climate change at this public seminar hosted by the University of Copenhagen Department of Systematic Theology and the NCC Denmark. Read more...