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As the world prepares to gather for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt, Christian organizations from Africa, Europe, and North America have committed to work together to end the persistent hunger crisis, worsened by climate change.

Vom 11. bis 13. Oktober trafen sich Fachleute für Finanzwesen, Wirtschaft, Soziologie und Theologie aus dem Ökumenischen Rat der Kirchen (ÖRK), der Weltgemeinschaft Reformierter Kirchen, des Lutherischen Weltbunds und des Rates für Weltmission auf Bali / Indonesien zur fünften Sitzung der Arbeitsgruppe für eine neue internationale Finanz- und Wirtschaftsarchitektur.

From 11-13 October, experts in finance, economics, sociology, and theology from the World Council of Churches (WCC), World Communion of Reformed Churches, Lutheran World Federation, and Council for World Mission met in Bali, Indonesia, for the fifth meeting of the working group on a New International Financial and Economic Architecture.

Applications are still open for the fifth edition of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Eco-School on Water, Food and Climate Justice, to be held 5-11 December 2022 in the North America region.

On 4 October at 5 pm CEST, ecumenical youth leaders from around the globe will lead the closing prayer and reflection to celebrate the closing of the Season of Creation on this year’s theme, “Listen to the Voice of Creation.”

Beim Treffen der Arbeitsgruppe zum Klimawandel des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) diesen Monat freut sich die Beratergruppe darauf, die Früchte ihrer Arbeit zur  Reflexion und, am wichtigsten, zum Handeln bei der 11. Vollversammlung des ÖRK in Karlsruhe vorzustellen. Unten reflektiert P. Henrik Grape, leitender Berater bei der Arbeit zu Bewahrung der Schöpfung, Nachhaltigkeit und Klimagerechtigkeit, über die Arbeit zu Klimagerechtigkeit in Vorbereitung auf die Vollversammlung und darüber hinaus.

Dr. Louk Andrianos, Berater des ÖRK für die Bewahrung der Schöpfung, Nachhaltigkeit und Klimagerechtigkeit, spricht im folgenden Interview über seine Hoffnung, dass die 11. Vollversammlung des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) eine Chance für die Welt sein wird, sich mit der gesamten Schöpfung zu versöhnen.

As the World Council of Churches (WCC) Climate Working Group meets this month, the advisory body is looking forward to offering the fruits of its work for reflection and, most important, action at the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe. Below, Rev. Henrik Grape, senior advisor on Care for Creation, Sustainability, and Climate Justice, reflects on climate justice work in the lead-up to the assembly and beyond.

Dr Louk Andrianos, WCC consultant on the Care for Creation, Sustainability and Climate Justice, reflects below on his hopes that the World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly will present the world with a chance to reconcile with our whole creation.

The Joint Report of the Ecumenical Indigenous Peoples Network Reference Group and the Working Group on Climate Change of the World Council of Churches (WCC) affirmed the integral and pivotal role Indigenous Peoples have in shaping an alternative path of being in the right relationship with the whole of Creation.

Bridging economics and theology, the 5^th edition of the Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics and Management for an Economy of Life (GEM School) concluded on 8 July in Berlin, Germany.

Programme executive for Child Rights Frederique Seidel represented the World Council of Churches (WCC) as a keynote speaker in the session announcing the 2022 Keeling Curve Prize Winners.

Co-hosted by the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Ecumenical and Francophone Seminar on the Theology of Ecology (SOFTE), the conference held on 5-8 July in Geneva, Switzerland, reflected on an ecumenical theology of ecology and care for creation that promotes a visible unity of Christian churches.

Das erste Anwesenheits-GEM-Seminar, das seit 2019 stattfindet, begann mit Fokus auf ökologische und feministische Ökonomie in Berlin, Deutschland.

The first face-to-face GEM School held since 2019 has opened in Berlin, Germany, with a focus on ecological and feminist economics.