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The World Council of Churches welcomed Pope Francis’ encyclical “Laudato Si'”, released on June 18, which highlights what churches and ecumenical organizations have been doing for decades on caring for the earth and climate justice issues.

Le COE a salué la publication de l’encyclique «Laudao Si’» du pape François, qui met en lumière l’action que mènent depuis des décennies Églises et organisations œcuméniques en faveur de la Terre et de la justice climatique.

As head of policy at Christian Aid, a key member of the ACT Alliance, Alison Kelly has an eye on sustainable development in what is seen as the prophetic voice of the church, which has a busy year in 2015.

En tant que responsable des politiques de Christian Aid, un des principaux membres de l'alliance ACT, Alison Kelly garde un œil sur les tendances clés de la voix prophétique de l'Église, pour qui l'année 2015 est chargée.

As organizations worldwide intensify their work on issues of climate justice, and the clock is ticking for new climate commitments to take shape, members of the WCC Working Group on Climate Change have gathered for a four-day meeting to strategize for effective climate justice action and for strong participation of faith-based initiatives at COP21.

Dans le monde entier, des organisations intensifient leurs efforts sur les questions de justice climatique et il devient urgent de formuler de nouveaux engagements en faveur du climat. Dans ce contexte, les membres du Groupe de travail sur les changements climatiques du COE se sont réunis pendant quatre jours afin d’établir une stratégie qui permette une action efficace pour la justice climatique et une participation convaincante des initiatives d’inspiration religieuse à la Conférence des Nations Unies sur les changements climatiques, en décembre à Paris (COP21).

Christians need a "spirituality of resistance" to face oppression, violence and experiences of defeat, the WCC general secretary said in an address at Germany’s biggest Protestant gathering.

Humanity cannot ignore its responsibility for creation, the WCC general secretary, the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, has stated in Stuttgart during the German Protestant Kirchentag.

An independent commission on international tax reform initiated by a coalition of organizations including the WCC is calling for an overhaul of the global taxation system to alleviate poverty in developing nations including the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Une commission indépendante sur la réforme de l’impôt international, créée à l’initiative d’un groupement d’organisations dont fait partie le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), appelle à une refonte du système fiscal international afin de réduire la pauvreté dans les pays en développement, notamment en République démocratique du Congo (RDC).

Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the WCC, and Dr Jim Yong Kim, president of the World Bank Group, discussed possible collaborative actions to end extreme poverty during a meeting in Washington, D.C., on 4 May.

Le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit, secrétaire général du COE, et Jim Yong Kim, président du Groupe de la Banque mondiale, se sont entretenus au sujet d’éventuelles collaborations en vue de mettre fin à l’extrême pauvreté, à l’occasion d’une rencontre qui s’est tenue à Washington le 4 mai.

“The increased interest of corporate organizations in the World Water Forum has a tendency to discourage civil society’s participation in addressing the water crisis,” said Dinesh Suna, coordinator of the Ecumenical Water Network of the WCC upon his return from the 7th World Water Forum, which concluded on 17 April in Daegu and Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea.

Two new interactive websites have been launched by the WCC in order to promote strong engagement of churches with the vision of a “pilgrimage of justice and peace”.

Deux nouveaux sites web interactifs ont été lancés par le COE afin d’encourager la mobilisation des Églises autour du «pèlerinage de justice et de paix».

A message of achieving human dignity, and the right to hope, in a world threatened by climate change was proclaimed on 28 April by WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit in a meeting convened on climate change by the Vatican.

As part of churches’ on-going struggles for climate justice, the campaign Act Now for Climate Justice was launched at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland on Earth Day.

Anglican and Reformed member churches of the WCC have taken significant new actions toward climate justice.

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

In a high level panel on Climate Change and Human Rights held at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, the WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit said that despite all negative conditions “we have the right to hope” – not as a matter of passive waiting but as an active process towards justice and peace, in which human rights should play a key role.