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The World Council of Churches (WCC) participated in three online events on 22 March, World Water Day, under the banner "Leveraging Water for Peace." These events, held in collaboration with various global partners, underscored the crucial intersection of faith, international perspectives, and the mission to build a sustainable Blue Community.

At the World Social Forum 2024, taking place 15-19 February in Nepal, the World Council of Churches (WCC) will have an active role in this platform for the convergence of a diverse range of participants, including social movements, laborers, farmers, civil society groups, marginalized communities, and those affected by the impacts of neoliberal capitalism and privatization. 

Die COP28 habe zwar keinen glaubwürdigen Plan zum allmählichen Ausstieg aus fossilen Brennstoffen geliefert, doch es bestehe trotzdem die Hoffnung, dass die Welt sich der Klimagerechtigkeit zuwende, sagte der Generalsekretär des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) Pastor Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay zum Abschluss der COP28.

Though COP28 failed to produce a credible plan to phase out fossil fuels, there is still reason for hope that the world can move toward climate justice, said World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay as COP28 concluded.

A COP28 side event on 10 December, entitled “Faith communities have a moral imperative to address Water-food-climate Justice,” reimagined a world in which climate action policies help create a habitable world for all.

On 10 December, Blue Communities across the world—including the World Council of Churches (WCC)—are urging all levels of government to protect water resources from financial markets and corporate interests. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is calling on Azerbaijan for the immediate lifting of the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, as more than 120,000 people—including 30,000 children—are suffering under an increasingly dire humanitarian crisis.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) joined Caritas Internationalis, ACT Alliance, World Evangelical Alliance, and Lutheran World Federation in signing a joint letter to USAID administrator Samantha Power expressing concern over the suspension of food aid in Ethiopia.

Die sich verschärfende globale Nahrungsmittelkrise ist Thema einer öffentlichen Erklärung des Exekutivausschusses des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK), mit der er die Kirchen und die internationale Staatengemeinschaft dringend aufruft, unverzüglich zu handeln, bevor noch mehr Menschen sterben.

The worsening global food crisis is the focus of a World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee statement that urges churches and the international community to act now before more lives are lost.

Ein eintägiges Seminar am 12. Mai, das im Hybridformat stattfindet, wird Kirchen und glaubensorientierten Gemeinschaften dabei helfen, sich effektiver mit den Herausforderungen der Umweltverschmutzung und des Klimawandels auseinanderzusetzen.