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Where are we at the climate change negotiations?

COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh is over. Numerous reports have all pointed out that if we don't cut the emissions of greenhouse gases radically and immediately, we will not keep the global average temperature rise below 1.5 degrees. Therefore, the emissions must drastically decrease in the coming decades if we want to avoid severe consequences for our home, planet Earth.

25 November 2022
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DECLARATION SUR LA 27E CONFERENCE DES PARTIES A LA CONVENTION-CADRE DES NATIONS UNIES SUR LES CHANGEMENTS CLIMATIQUES (COP 27)

Chrétiennes et chrétiens, nous confessons: «Au Seigneur, la terre et ses richesses, le monde et ses habitants» (Ps 24). Nous reconnaissons notre responsabilité de gardiennes et gardiens de la Création unique et abondante de Dieu dont nous faisons partie. Or, un simple coup d’œil à l’état de notre monde aujourd’hui, nous permet de constater qu’à cause de notre avarice et de notre négligence, toute la planète vivante est menacée par des changements climatiques qui s’accélèrent. «La terre en deuil se dégrade, le monde entier dépérit et se dégrade...», «La terre a été profanée sous les pieds de ses habitants...» (Ésaïe 24, 4–5).

14 November 2022
Executive committee
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Statement on the 27th Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27)

As Christians we confess that “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world and all who live in it” (Ps 24). We acknowledge our responsibility as stewards and caretakers of God’s unique and abundant Creation of which we human beings are part. And yet we look around our world today, and see that due to our greed and negligence the entire living planet is threatened by accelerating climate change. “The earth dries up and withers, the world languishes and withers…”, “The earth is defiled by its people…” (Isaiah 24:4-5).

12 November 2022
Executive committee
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Walk the Talk

A Toolkit to Accompany the "Roadmap for Congregations, Communities and Churches for an Economy of Life and Ecological Justice"

“Walk the Talk” builds on “Roadmap for Congregations, Communities and Churches for an Economy of Life and Ecological Justice,” a 5-step programme to change the way we deal with the economy and our ecological surroundings.

This toolkit aims to enthuse congregations and churches through concrete examples of communities in action as well as offer good practices and practical materials to “walk the talk” on economic and ecological justice, in each of the areas:

  • Living in Accordance with the Covenant with God and Creation
  • Renewable Energy and Climate Protection
  • Just and Sustainable Consumption
  • Economies of Life
09 November 2022