The sun was just setting over Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt when hundreds of protestors turned towards the main plenary hall of COP27 – the United Nations climate change conference – to raise their fists into the air, shouting ‘Pay up! Pay up! Pay up for loss and damage!’
Below, Christian Brooks, from the Presbyterian Church (USA), reflects on her work at COP27, and how faith informs her sense of unified advocacy for the climate.
Rev. Dr Lesmore G. Ezekiel, director of programmes at the All Africa Conference of Churches, reflects below on how people of faith are inspired and motivated to take action on climate change, not only at COP27 but beyond.
El día antes de la inauguración oficial de la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático (COP27) en Sharm al Shaij (Egipto), representantes de diferentes religiones se reunieron en Qesm Sharm Ash Sheikh, o la catedral celestial, hogar de los fieles de la Iglesia Ortodoxa Copta, para compartir sus perspectivas sobre la crisis climática.
El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias se unió a otras organizaciones religiosas mundiales para dirigir una carta a los dirigentes del G20 instándoles a establecer un sistema económico que vele por el bienestar de todos.
Una delegación del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) compuesta por representantes de las iglesias miembros del CMI y de organizaciones asociadas estará presente en la cumbre sobre el cambio climático —COP27— en Egipto, para alzar sus voces, y compartir las experiencias y perspectivas de los más afectados.
On the day before the official opening of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, representatives from different faiths gathered at Qesm Sharm Ash Sheikh, or The Heavenly Cathedral, home to congregants of the Coptic Orthodox Church, to share their perspectives on the climate crisis.
The World Council of Churches joined other global faith-based organizations in sending a letter to G20 leaders—a letter urging an economic system that looks after the wellbeing of all.
A World Council of Churches (WCC) delegation comprised of representatives from WCC member churches and partner organizations is headed to the COP27 climate change summit in Egypt to lift up voices, experiences, and perspectives of those most affected.
A church-backed symbolic torch—amplifying calls for climate justice—is moving across African countries, on its way to Sharm El-Sheik, the Egyptian city, hosting the 6-18 November UN Climate Change Conference (COP27).
Un seminario titulado “Diaconía ecuménica: la respuesta de las iglesias a los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible en Asia tiene lugar en Chiang Mai (Tailandia) del 24 al 26 de octubre. Organizado conjuntamente por el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) y la Conferencia Cristiana de Asia, este es el tercero de una serie de ocho seminarios celebrados en Asia, África y el Pacífico.
A seminar in Chiang Mai, Thailand, “Ecumenical Diakonia, Churches’ Response to Sustainable Development Goals in Asia,” is taking place 24-26 October. Jointly organised by the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Christian Conference of Asia, the seminar is the third in a series of eight taking place across Asia, Africa, and the Pacific.
As the world prepares to gather for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt, Christian organizations from Africa, Europe, and North America have committed to work together to end the persistent hunger crisis, worsened by climate change.
Malena Lozada, from Argentina, attended the World Council of Churches Eco School in 2018. She has remained engaged in climate talks, and is now a climate scientist pursuing a PhD related to climate change.
Del 11 al 13 de octubre, expertos y expertas en finanzas, economía, sociología y teología del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), la Comunión Mundial de Iglesias Reformadas, la Federación Luterana Mundial y el Consejo para la Misión Mundial se reunieron en Bali (Indonesia) para celebrar la quinta reunión del grupo de trabajo sobre una Nueva arquitectura financiera y económica internacional.
From 11-13 October, experts in finance, economics, sociology, and theology from the World Council of Churches (WCC), World Communion of Reformed Churches, Lutheran World Federation, and Council for World Mission met in Bali, Indonesia, for the fifth meeting of the working group on a New International Financial and Economic Architecture.
As a severe drought triggered a humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa, churches and several humanitarian organizations there urged foreign debt suspension to enable the countries to tackle the catastrophe.
Applications are still open for the fifth edition of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Eco-School on Water, Food and Climate Justice, to be held 5-11 December 2022 in the North America region.
Amid a warning that a famine is “at the doorstep” in eastern Africa, church leaders are re-stressing urgent action to save millions of people caught in a drought described as the worst in 40 years.
On 4 October at 5 pm CEST, ecumenical youth leaders from around the globe will lead the closing prayer and reflection to celebrate the closing of the Season of Creation on this year’s theme, “Listen to the Voice of Creation.”
