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Climate-induced loss and damage is one of the key points being raised by faith groups during COP21. A discussion panel and a demonstration held at COP21 in early December brought to light many facets of this issue.

Les pertes et dommages engendrés par le climat sont l’un des points phares qui ont été soulevés par les groupes religieux pendant la COP21. Un panel de discussion et une manifestation qui se sont tenues à la COP21 début décembre ont exposé de nombreux aspects de cette question.

Hundreds of people from many nations and confessions, among them pastors, priests, laity, nuns, bishops, archbishops and cardinals, joined in a service for God’s Creation at Notre Dame cathedral in Paris during the United Nations climate conference (COP 21) being held in the city.

Over 20 faith leaders, with youth, political and civil society representatives sat down for a unique lunch at COP21 at a table with knives and forks but no food, in a public demonstration of their hunger for climate justice. The stunt was part of the Fast for the Climate initiatives on December 1st in Paris.

Plus de 20 chefs religieux réunis à la COP21 se sont assis en compagnie de jeunes et de représentants de la vie politique et civile à l’occasion d’un déjeuner bien particulier, où seuls les couteaux et fourchettes figuraient au menu, lors d’une manifestation publique destinée à montrer leur faim pour une justice climatique.

“The political leaders of the world are speaking like preachers. May they continue as believers,” said the WCC general secretary at the opening of the UN climate talks in Paris.

«Les dirigeants politiques de la planète s’expriment comme des prédicateurs. Puissent-ils rester croyants», a dit le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit, secrétaire général du COE, à l’ouverture le 30 novembre à Paris des pourparlers de l’ONU sur le climat (COP21).

Faith campaigners have presented a total of 1,780,528 signatures gathered worldwide calling for decisive action to curb global warming. The petitions were delivered to leaders of the United Nations COP 21 climate conference beginning its work in Paris.

Les militants religieux ont présenté un total de 1 780 528 signatures rassemblées à travers le monde pour demander une action décisive afin d’enrayer le réchauffement de la planète. Les pétitions ont été remises aux responsables de la Conférence sur le climat des Nations Unies, la COP 21, qui entame son travail à Paris.

“The momentum towards change has come, and it might be stronger than we understand”, wrote Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches in an Advent message on the eve of the climate talks in Paris.

«Les circonstances actuelles sont favorables au changement, et elles sont peut-être plus fortes que nous le pensons», a écrit le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit, secrétaire général du COE, dans son message de l’Avent à la veille des pourparlers sur le climat à Paris.

WCC Communication has put together a comprehensive kit to offer to the media. It highlights basic information about high-level church leaders and experts from every continent and from several partner organizations attending COP21 who are able to speak about climate change from the perspective of faith communities.

International humanitarian and development faith based networks have urged governments preparing for next week's COP21 United Nations climate summit in Paris to do their outmost to reach a fair, binding, and ambitious agreement as vulnerable people continue their daily struggle to adapt to the increasing adverse effects of climate change.

The Executive Committee of the WCC released a statement in the lead-up to the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris expressing hope that the event will achieve a legally binding and universal agreement on climate, with the aim of keeping global warming below 2°C.

Le Comité exécutif du Conseil œcuménique des Églises a publié un communiqué en prévision de la Conférence des Nations Unies sur les changements climatiques, qui aura lieu à Paris, disant espérer que cet événement mènera à un accord juridique contraignant et universel sur le climat, avec pour objectif de maintenir le réchauffement planétaire au-dessous de 2°C.

"In COP21 we decide whether the glass is half full or half empty, but the glass must be transparent", tweeted climate activist Yeb Saño at the end of a day full of activities engaging leadership and staff members of the WCC, the Lutheran World Federation and ACT Alliance, at the Ecumenical Centre, in Geneva, Switzerland.

World leaders will meet at the crucial United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 21) in Paris from 30 November to 11 December. Faith groups around the world are building awareness of the importance of reaching a binding and ambitious agreement at the talks. In October, WCC members have taken part in climate activities in Germany.

In a recent statement, religious leaders called for an ambitious climate agreement, reminding all governments to commit to emission cuts and climate risk reduction. They promised to continue working for climate justice, including divestment from fossil energy.

“Our hope as Christians rests in our belief that that our world is not destined to disappear but to be transformed, and that human beings capable of self-destruction are also able to unite and to choose that which is good”, reads a statement of the Council of Christian Churches of France focusing on the upcoming meeting of the United Nations on climate change in Paris later this year.

To promote strong measures against climate change, the WCC and the Geneva Interfaith Forum on Climate Change, Environment and Human Rights organized a side event to the United Nations Human Rights Council.