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A flooded village in Khulna district on the south-eastern coast of Bangladesh. "Suddenly water came into the village of these people and forced them to leave." Photo: Prodipan

It is time to talk about the rights of "climate refugees"

The international tug-of-war over carbon emission thresholds and other instruments meant to limit the deterioration of the earth's climate has caused a big stir in recent months, but yielded little results. Therefore the international community must now get ready to take care of those who will be forced from their homes by climate change.

10 May 2010
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"We thank God for giving Bishop Anderson the gifts and graces for empowering us in the work of ecumenism," said the Rev. Philip Blair and the Rev. Wilma Taylor, who are the first benificiaries of the Bishop Vinton R. Anderson Ecumenical Leadership Scholarship, at the graduation ceremony in Bossey.

Two new scholarship endowments for Bossey

The endowment of two new scholarship funds geared towards facilitating studies at the Ecumenical Institute of the WCC was celebrated at the graduation ceremony for the 61st session of the institute's Graduate School of Ecumenical Studies on 3 February.

04 February 2010