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A day-long seminar on 12 May, offered in a hybrid format, will help churches and faith-based communities respond more effectively to the challenges of environmental degradation and climate change.

Participants of the United Nations Economic and Social Council Financing for Development Forum and representatives from the World Council of Churches (WCC), the World Communion of Reformed Churches, the World Methodist Council, the Lutheran World Federation, and the Council for World Mission convened in New York to discuss the converging food, fuel, and debt crises and their impacts on vulnerable communities.

Le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) a coorganisé un événement parallèle lors du Forum politique de la société civile des réunions de printemps du Fonds monétaire international et de la Banque mondiale à Washington, D.C. Les participantes et les participants ont partagé les perspectives clés de la société civile sur la réforme des institutions financières internationales, l’Initiative de Bridgetown, et le financement des efforts climatiques.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) co-organised an in-person side event at Civil Society Policy Forum of the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Washington, DC. Participants shared critical civil society perspectives on reforming international financial institutions, the Bridgetown Initiative, and climate finance.

Le 12 avril prochain, le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) co-organisera une consultation en ligne visant à aborder la question urgente de la convergence des crises alimentaire et de la dette. Cet événement permettra aux Églises, aux partenaires œcuméniques, et aux alliés de la société civile, de se réunir afin d’examiner les intersections et les racines de ces crises, et de réfléchir collectivement à d’éventuelles réponses communes.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) will cohost an online consultation on 12 April to address the pressing issue of the converging food and debt crises. The event invites churches, ecumenical partners, and civil society allies to come together to examine the intersections and roots of these crises, and to seek collective guidance on possible joint responses.

A “Water Justice Manifesto”—signed by 500 organizations including the World Council of Churches—was presented at the UN Water Conference on 23 March, from the General Assembly Plenary hall  podium,  at the high-level segment, by the People’s Water Forum members. 

Le pasteur Jerry Pillay, secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) a commenté la synthèse du sixième rapport d’évaluation sur le climat du Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat, publié le 20 mars.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Water Network and its partner organizations hosted a hybrid side event, “Faith Community is a ‘Blue Community,” on 22 March in conjunction with the UN Water Conference in New York City.Prof. Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, UN Special Rapporteur, human right to water, opened the event with a video message on how this is the first time in almost 50 years that the United Nations has convened a global event to reflect on the global water crisis—a crisis that finds 2 billion people without access to clean water, and 4 billion without access to adequate sanitation.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay commented on the synthesis of the 6th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, released 20 March.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general sectary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay delivered a video message to the United Nations 2023 Water Conference on behalf of the global fellowship of 580 million Christians. The event will take place 22-24 March, in New York.

Faith-based organizations will gather in-person and online on  9 February to explore the theme “Ethical Perspectives on COP27 & Looking Forward Towards COP28.”