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Together for Water - Newsletter of the WCC Ecumenical Water Network

Scottish and UK religious leaders have signed a declaration urging governments to take transformational climate action at the COP26 in November.

For the first time, the leaders of the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church and Anglican Communion have jointly warned of the urgency of environmental sustainability, its impact on poverty, and the importance of global cooperation.

WCC's letter of congratulations to Ms Rebeca Grynspan, the new secretary general of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.

More than a year since the World Health Organisation declared it a pandemic, COVID-19 is still raging, particularly in the developing world where hundreds of thousands of lives have been lost and tens of millions more forced into destitution. The current situation continues to require strong social protection measures in all countries to ensure that the poor and vulnerable are able to weather the crisis’ unprecedented health and economic consequences.

Together for Water - Newsletter of the WCC Ecumenical Water Network

Recently during the PJP harvest gathering meeting of WCC, at a workshop on revisiting the Seven Weeks for Water – Lenten campaign of the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Water Network, Dr Agnes Abuom was asked to reflect on the linkage between the WCC’s water justice campaign and the WCC’s overarching theme of Pilgrimage of  Justice and Peace? Having attended several PJP meetings and Lenten campaigns herself, she responded in a pre-recorded video message. The following is the transcript of her video message.

Letter by WCC Acting General Secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca to Rev. Prof. Dr h.c. Cornelia Füllkrug-Weitzel, thanking her for faithful service to the Ecumenical Movement.

Farewell greetings to Rev. Dr. Cornelia Fullkrug-Weitzel by Dr Agnes Abuom.

Material de referencia para la declaración del CMI “Llamado a superar la injusticia y la desigualdad en el mundo para vencer a la pandemia mundial de la COVID-19”, aprobada por el Comité Ejecutivo del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias, reunido del 17 al 20 de mayo de 2021

Aprobado por el Comité Ejecutivo del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias, reunido del 17 al 20 de mayo de 2021

Adopted by the World Council of Churches Executive committee, 17-20 May 2021

Background material to the WCC statement "Call to overcome global injustice and inequity, to defeat the global COVID-19 pandemic", adopted by the World Council of Churches Executive committee, 17-20 May 2021

Joint pastoral letter of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and Christian Conference of Asia expressing concern, grief, and prayerful solidarity with the churches in India as COVID-19 surges in South Asian countries.

Together for Water - Newsletter of the WCC Ecumenical Water Network

Protest letter of the National Christian Council of Japan against the Cabinet approval of the release of Tritium-contaminated water from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the ocean.

A webinar organised to commemorate the World Water Day 2021

Monday, 22 March 2021, Time : 15.00- 16.30 (CET)