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«Les effets des changements climatiques, aujourd’hui et demain, affecteront les droit fondamentaux de la personne», a déclaré le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit, secrétaire général du COE, lors d’une audience avec la présidente chilienne Michelle Bachelet au palais présidentiel de la Moneda, à Santiago, le 29 août.

The World Water Week is a “stepping stone” in accomplishing Sustainable Development Goals related to water and sanitation – and the faith communities must be actively engaged in achieving this vision, according to Dinesh Suna, coordinator of the Ecumenical Water Network of the WCC. Suna shared these reflections following his participation at the 2015 World Water Week Stockholm held in Sweden.

“Join the pilgrimage of justice and peace! Stand up for the creation that is threatened, for justice and peace, so that people may gain hope so that life will flourish. The most severe threat to basic human rights here in the next decades will be the dramatic effects of climate change. This is what eco-justice means.” This was a message the WCC general secretary conveyed at a public event of the Argentina Chancellery.

“¡Únanse a la peregrinación de justicia y paz! Defiendan la Creación que está amenazada, luchen por la justicia y la paz, para que la gente recupere la esperanza y prospere la vida”. Este fue el mensaje del Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit en un acto público de la Cancillería Argentina.

To strengthen relationships and support churches in Latin America in their struggles for justice and peace, a pilgrimage of church leaders organized by the WCC will visit Argentina, Chile, Brazil and Colombia from 24 August to 7 September.

The social and ecological cost of expanding mineral exploration and extraction was highlighted by churches at the World Social Forum.

Dr Fulata Mbano-Moyo, the WCC programme executive for Women in Church and Society, called on the movement of Christian students to reclaim its radical transforming nature towards a “pilgrimage of gender justice”.

Outcomes, disappointments, as well as encouraging signs from the United Nations Climate Change Conference and the Peoples Summit held late last year in Lima, Peru, were discussed at length by representatives of faith communities.

Os resultados, decepções e sinais encorajadores da Conferência das Nações Unidas sobre Mudanças Climáticas (COP 20) e da Cúpula dos Povos, realizadas no final do ano passado, em Lima, Peru, foram amplamente debatidos por representantes de comunidades de fé num painel organizado pelo Conselho Mundial de Igrejas (CMI).

Climate justice has been the focal point of the WCC advocacy strategy at 20th Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which concluded on 12 December in Lima, Peru.

Care for creation and affirmation of faith values in addressing the impact of climate change were highlighted in a number of initiatives organized by members of the WCC in Lima, Peru. The capital is hosting the 20th Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

The adverse impact of business activities on the lives of members of the local population in Colombia and El Salvador was highlighted by the WCC-sponsored participants at the United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights.

La manera en que las actividades empresariales afectan a las vidas de los miembros de la población local de Colombia y de El Salvador fue señalada por los participantes patrocinados por el CMI en el Foro de las Naciones Unidas sobre las empresas y los derechos humanos.

Members and partners of the WCC are all set to promote climate justice from a faith-based perspective as United Nations climate talks begin in Lima, Peru.

Indigenous peoples have a role to play in the struggle against climate change, indigenous faith leaders said during a panel at the Interfaith Summit on Climate Change held at the Church Center for the United Nations in New York City.

Los pueblos indígenas tienen un papel que desempeñar en la lucha contra el cambio climático, dijeron los líderes religiosos indígenas durante un panel en la Cumbre Interreligiosa sobre el Cambio Climático celebrada en el Centro de la Iglesia para las Naciones Unidas en la ciudad de Nueva York.

Os povos indígenas têm um papel importante a desempenhar na luta contra as mudanças climáticas, declararam líderes religiosos indígenas durante um painel da Conferência Inter-religiosa sobre Mudanças Climáticas, relizado no Centro de Igrejas para as Nações Unidas, em Nova Iorque.

Anders Wejryd, one of the presidents of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and Archbishop Emeritus of the Church of Sweden, has been committed to climate issues since the start of the 1970s and the worldwide oil crisis of that time. To attain a vision of life in God’s kingdom – a healed creation and humanity in a harmony of justice, freedom and peace – Wejryd believes the issue of climate change must be taken seriously. He says that it is about safeguarding the creation, but that it is also an issue of justice and peace.

A book launched in Buenos Aires, Argentina, last month reinforced debate on the theme of eco-theology in Latin America with a direct contribution from the WCC.

Un libro lanzado en Buenos Aires, Argentina, el mes pasado, reforzó el debate sobre el tema de la eco-teología en América Latina con una contribución directa del CMI. El libro titulado “Ecoteologia - Aportes del Ecumenismo”, editado por Alfredo Salibian y Eusebio Lizarralde y publicado por Editorial Dunken, incluye un artículo del Dr. Guillermo Kerber, encargado del programa del CMI sobre Cuidado de la Creación y Justicia Climática.