Book cover in white with green text, depicting a cartoon showing children and the effect of climate change

Hope for Children Through Climate Justice

Legal Tools to Hold Financiers Accountable

2025

The urgency of the climate catastrophe demands strong and effective responses. With fossil fuels driving over 75% of global CO2 emissions, we need to hold accountable those who still finance their expansion, harming us and future generations.

This publication helps to empower people of faith and partners in WCC’s global constituency with the knowledge for legal action. It provides a menu of strategies particularly aimed at financial institutions, one of the most powerful levers to accelerate climate solutions. It is a call to answer the pleas of the scientific community and young people to tackle the root causes of harm to creation and protect future generation’s right to life.

Specs: 48 (+4) pages; A4 size; Print and PDF; 4-colour
ISBN: 978-2-8254-1875-8
eBook ISBN: 978-2-8254-1876-5
Shelving/Topics: Religion/Ecumenism
Rights: World, all languages
Price: $20.00 GBP 15.75 € 18.50

Download a 4-page flyer below.

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Hope for Children Web (3.16 MB)

Hope for Children Web Spread (3.07 MB)

Path of Justice Song (42.54 KB)

Hope for Children Flyer (1.44 MB)

Developed by the Churches’ Commitments to Children programme of the World Council of Churches (WCC), the resource aims to equip people of faith and partners in WCC’s global constituency with the knowledge on climate litigation, a rapidly growing and impactful way of addressing the climate crisis and protect the rights of young people and future generations.

Overview with highlights from the new resource (4-page flyer)

Singing for Hope

Helen Williams wrote a tune for the poem by Faith Sebwa, with Faith and her mother's permission. We share this for those who might want to use it in their worship settings.