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Climate-induced loss and damage is one of the key points being raised by faith groups during COP21. A discussion panel and a demonstration held at COP21 in early December brought to light many facets of this issue.

Las pérdidas y daños provocados por el cambio climático son una de las cuestiones fundamentales que han planteado los grupos religiosos durante la COP21. La mesa redonda y la manifestación que tuvieron lugar en la cumbre a principios de diciembre revelaron muchas facetas de este asunto.

Over 20 faith leaders, with youth, political and civil society representatives sat down for a unique lunch at COP21 at a table with knives and forks but no food, in a public demonstration of their hunger for climate justice. The stunt was part of the Fast for the Climate initiatives on December 1st in Paris.

Líderes religiosos –junto a representantes de la juventud, de la política y de la sociedad civil– se sentaron para tomar un almuerzo excepcional en una mesa con su servicio de cubertería completo, pero sin comida, para manifestar públicamente su hambre de justicia climática.

As we mark World AIDS Day 2015, the World Council of Churches-Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (WCC-EAA) welcomes a license agreement between the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) and Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) for daclatasvir, an important direct acting antiviral that is proven to help cure multiple genotypes of the hepatitis C virus (HCV).

Al conmemorarse el Día Mundial del SIDA 2015, el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias-Alianza Ecuménica de Acción Mundial (CMI-AEAM) acoge con satisfacción un acuerdo de licencia entre el Banco de Patentes de Medicamentos (Medicines Patent Pool, MPP) y los laboratorios Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) para el medicamento daclatasvir, un importante principio activo que se ha demostrado que ayuda a curar diversos genotipos del virus de la hepatitis C (VHC).

“Stigma, discrimination, lack of access to information and appropriate prevention measures aggravate the spread of HIV and AIDS,” says Samuel Matsikure, who participated in a dialogue sponsored by Ecumenical HIV and AIDS Initiatives and Advocacy of the WCC.

“El estigma, la discriminación y la falta de acceso a la información y medidas de prevención adecuadas intensifican la propagación del VIH y el SIDA”, dice Samuel Matsikure, que participó en un diálogo sobre el VIH celebrado en Zimbabwe el pasado mes de julio con el patrocinio de Iniciativas Ecuménicas y Acción Mundial sobre el VIH y el SIDA del CMI.

Economic empowerment and a thriving positive engagement in community life for women affected by HIV and AIDS was the focus of a training sponsored by the Ecumenical HIV and AIDS Initiatives and Advocacy of the WCC in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Trained by the WCC programme EHAIA, church leaders and activists in Kenya are working hard to address HIV and AIDS. They focus on HIV prevention measures, accessibility to the treatment and most importantly eliminating the discrimination and stigma attached to HIV, prevalent even within church communities.

At the 42nd Committee on World Food Security in Rome on 12-15 October, the intergovernmental body continued its quest to coordinate a global approach to food security.

Tackling the tragedy of hunger in a world of abundance, the Churches’ Week of Action on Food (11-18 October) is an opportunity for Christians, communities and all people around the world to act together for food justice.

La Semana de Acción de las Iglesias por los Alimentos (del 11 al 18 de octubre), que aborda la reducción del drama del hambre en un mundo de abundancia, es una oportunidad para los cristianos, las comunidades y las personas de todo el mundo de actuar juntos por la justicia alimentaria.

A declaration emphasizing the need for greater convergence in the struggles for justice and rights of communities, particularly for land, water, forests, natural resources, livelihood and identity, was the outcome of a meeting in Nepal, involving civil society organizations and social movements.

Focusing on issues related to sexuality, gender based violence and HIV and AIDS, leaders from African churches and civil society organizations engaged in lively discussions at a WCC workshop in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

When a WCC meeting on ecumenical HIV and AIDS response concluded last week in Limuru, Kenya, its message to the global HIV and AIDS community was terse: traditional ways of tackling the pandemic have failed.

A WCC group concluded a three-day meeting by acknowledging achievements that have been made in addressing HIV and AIDS.

A new report titled “Defeating AIDS–Advancing global health” was appreciated as a significant resource in encouraging an effective global AIDS response by Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri, associate general secretary of the WCC.

“HIV and AIDS is not just a challenge for governments but for all segments of society, including churches. In many African countries churches are an authority that people listen to – it is therefore crucial that churches help eliminate the pandemic,” said Rev. Dr Luciano Chanhelela Chianeque in an interview.

”Truly, I am in the household of God,” began WCC associate general secretary for public witness and diakonia Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri in her keynote speech today at the 14th Assembly of the Christian Conference of Asia.