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The 5th Ecumenical Pilgrimage for Climate Justice from Poland to Glasgow crossed the English Channel from IJmuiden in the Netherlands to Newcastle-upon-Tyne in England on 11 October. They were given a warm welcome on site. 

“If we should be true to our faith, we cannot be quiet when we see what is happening,” reads the declaration of the Interfaith Liaison Committee to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to the United Nations climate change summit COP25 taking place in Madrid, Spain, 2-13 December. “We are voices that are driven by hope and compassion. In a most urgent situation to bend the emissions down faith traditions must contribute to the urgent transformation.”

“God is never indifferent to climate change that weakens the already weakened, impoverished and scattered populations throughout our world,” said Rev. Dr Nestor Friedrich, from Brazil, as he delivered the sermon during an ecumenical prayer service held on 8 December, in the Spanish Evangelical Church, in Madrid, during the United Nations climate change summit COP25.

«Dieu ne reste jamais indifférent aux changements climatiques qui affaiblissent les populations déjà affaiblies, appauvries et dispersées de par le monde», déclare le pasteur Nestor Friedrich, du Brésil, dans son sermon prononcé à la célébration de prière œcuménique du 8 décembre, en l’église évangélique espagnole, à Madrid, dans le cadre de la COP25, le sommet des Nations Unies sur les changements climatiques.

As he shared the perspective of an indigenous person at a side event during the 25th Conference of Parties (COP25) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Madrid, Rev. Glen Chebon Kernell, urged people to adopt a deep respect for Mother Earth.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) was represented at a gathering of more than 40 organizations from across Europe involved in the Blue Community initiative. Blue Communities, a concept founded by the Council of Canadians and the Blue Planet Project, recognize water and sanitation as human rights, promote public control over water resources and ban or phase out the sale of bottled water in public facilities and at events.

Representatives from multiple faith and religious backgrounds came together in Madrid, Spain on 1 December to find common ground in preparation for the United Nations Conference of Parties (COP) 25 in Madrid, Spain.

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, speaking at the Halki Summit III in Istanbul, reflected that all of us are called to serve as priests of God’s creation.

The Ecumenical Patriarch, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, delivered a public address at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva on 24 April as part of his official visit to Switzerland on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of his enthronement as Ecumenical Patriarch and the 50th anniversary of the Orthodox Centre of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Chambésy.

Le patriarche œcuménique, Sa Toute-Sainteté Bartholomée Ier, a prononcé une allocution au Centre œcuménique, à Genève, le 24 avril dans le cadre de sa visite officielle en Suisse à l’occasion du 25e anniversaire de son élection au Trône œcuménique et du 50e anniversaire du Centre orthodoxe du Patriarcat œcuménique à Chambésy.

He earned the title “Green Patriarch” as a religious leader addressing alarming environmental issues over at least two decades. In 2008, Time Magazine named His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew as one of 100 Most Influential People in the World, for “defining environmentalism as spiritual responsibility”.

Il a été surnommé le «patriarche vert», car cela fait au moins 20 ans qu’il aborde les questions environnementales préoccupantes depuis au moins vingt ans dans son rôle de responsable religieux. En 2008, le magazine Time a classé Sa Toute-Sainteté Bartholomée Ier, patriarche œcuménique, parmi les 100 personnes les plus influentes du monde pour «avoir défini l’écologie comme une responsabilité spirituelle».

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.

“If we are to respond to the ecological crisis in a responsible and substantial way, we must move beyond mere talk to practical action,” said Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople in an official message to the Interfaith Summit on Climate Change to be held this week in New York City.