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 accounting for over 90% of global CO₂ emissions, we must hold accountable those who continue to finance their expansion, harming us and future generations.

Developed by the Churches’ Commitments to Children programme of the World Council of Churches (WCC), this publication empowers people of faith and partners in the WCC’s global constituency with the knowledge necessary 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 generations’ right to life.

English Specs: 48 (+4) pages; A4 size; Print and PDF; 4-colour
ISBN: 978-2-8254-1875-8
eBook ISBN: 978-2-8254-1876-5

French:
Specs: 48(+4) pages; A4 size; Print and PDF; 4-colour
ISBN : 978-2-8254-1900-7
eBook ISBN: 978-2-8254-1901-4

German (2026)
Specs: 52 (+4) pages; A4 size; Print and PDF; 4-colour
ISBN: 978-2-8254-1924-3
ISBN eBook: 978-2-8254-1925-0

Shelving/Topics: Religion/Ecumenism
Rights: World, all languages
Price: $20.00 GBP 15.75 € 18.50 (If you want to buy a hard copy only)

Download the free PDF, the flyer in 4 languages, and the songsheet for the song (based on the poem in the book) below.

Download below:

Hope for Children Web.pdf (3.1 MB)

De l’espoir pour les enfants grâce à la justice climatique FR WEB (2.81 MB)

Hoffnung für Kinder durch Klimagerechtigkeit (2.42 MB)

Hope for Children Flyer (1.44 MB)

Hope for Children Flyer French (1.3 MB)

Hope for Children Flyer German (1.32 MB)

Hope for Children Flyer Spanish Web (1.76 MB)

The Path of Justice Songsheet Colour (227.69 KB)

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Singing for Hope

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

World Council of Churches · The Path Of Justice (Hope for Children project song)

Video - for Web and Social Media

We developed a one-minute video to highlight the solutions discussed in the book. You can watch below or download from YouTube. Two versions are available - one for normal viewing and a vertical one for social media.

We encourage you to help raise awareness by sharing the video in social media or at events.