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A statement from the World Council of Churches 11th Assembly, “The Living Planet: seeking a just and sustainable global community,” raises an increasingly urgent voice of concern and demand for action.

Attentifs aux sons de la nature diffusés dans les haut-parleurs, les délégué-e-s de la 11^e Assemblée du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) ont pris part à la première plénière thématique, «Le dessein de l’amour de Dieu dans le Christ pour toute la création – réconciliation et unité», le 1^er septembre, premier jour de la Saison de la Création.

La conférence de presse du 1^er septembre, à l’occasion de la 11^e Assemblée du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), a suscité diverses questions de journalistes à l’intention de trois panélistes qui ont célébré les dons de la terre lors de l’ouverture de la Saison de la création, mais ont tempéré cette joie en avertissant que ces dons périront si les gens ne se rassemblent pas au niveau mondial.

1st September press conference at the World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly drew diverse questions from journalists directed at three panelists who celebrated the earth’s gifts as the Season of Creation opened—but tempered the joy by warning that those gifts will perish if people don’t draw together globally.

Opening to the sounds of nature reverberating through the speaker system, World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly delegates took part in the first thematic plenary, “The purpose of God’s love in Christ for the whole of creation – reconciliation and unity," on 1 September, the first day of Season of Creation.

In the midst of the Ecumenical Youth Gathering (EYG), a group of young people from around the world have organized a strike for climate justice.

La 11e Assemblée du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), qui s’ouvre à Karlsruhe, en Allemagne le 31 août, a officiellement été certifiée événement écologiquement durable dans le cadre du Système de management environnemental et d’audit de la Commission européenne, appelé EMAS.

The 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches, which opens in Karlsruhe, Germany on 31 August, has been officially certified as an environmentally sustainable event as part of the European Commission’s Eco-Management and Audit Scheme, known as EMAS.

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. 

Dr Agnes Abuom, moderator of the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee, shared a message with the Conference of the World Council of Religious Leaders on Faith and Diplomacy: Generations in Dialogue, being held 4-7 October in Lindau, Germany.

During an ecumenical service in Aachen Cathedral, on 28 August, Protestant and Roman Catholic churches in Germany as well as the churches affiliated to the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Christlicher Kirchen (Working Group of Christian Churches) will jointly remember and honor the victims of the floods that severely hit the region.

After 52 participants from 22 countries from different confessional and faith traditions gathered 16-19 June in Wuppertal, Germany, they have released "Kairos for Creation – Confessing Hope for the Earth”.

Les 52 personnes venues de 22 pays et issues de différentes traditions religieuses et confessionnelles réunies à Wuppertal, en Allemagne, du 16 au 19 juin, ont publié à la fin du rassemblement «Kairos pour la création – une confession de l’espérance pour la Terre».

Pilgrims coming from Germany, Italy and Norway ended their journeys for climate justice on 7 December upon arrival at the St Stephen’s Church in Katowice, Poland, where the United Nations (UN) climate conference is underway. They were warmly welcomed by the delegations of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) that are attending the 24th Conference of Parties of UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24).

The Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) has recently made available a discussion paper affirming the significance of Agenda 2030 and placing specific demands upon those in positions of responsibility within politics, civil society and churches.

The World Council of Churches (WCC), the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), ACT Alliance and the German Protestant development service Bread for the World are appealing to world leaders to take swift and coordinated action to limit global warming to 1.5°C degrees as a humanitarian and ethical obligation.

"The Synod advocates a swift exit from coal-fired power generation (lignite and hard coal), which complies with the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement and contributes to achieving the German climate targets as soon as possible”, reads a statement released by the 12th Synod of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), on 14 November.

A group of ecumenical pilgrims started a journey towards the 2018 World Climate Conference hosting city Katowice, in Poland, where high level talks about the preservation of creation will take place. "Go then!" is the motto of the Ecumenical Pilgrimage for Climate Justice that took off in Bonn, Germany, on 9 September.

Un groupe de pèlerins œcuméniques est parti pour Katowice, en Pologne, ville hôte de la Conférence mondiale sur le climat 2018 où se dérouleront des négociations à haut niveau concernant la préservation de la création. Ce Pèlerinage œcuménique pour la justice climatique, qui est parti de Bonn, en Allemagne, le 9 septembre, a pour slogan «Alors va!» (Geht doch!, en allemand).