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The World Council of Churches (WCC), in collaboration with UN agencies and interfaith partners, invites global faith-based actors, civil society leaders, policymakers, and international affairs experts to register for the 11th Annual Symposium on the Role of Religion and Faith-Based Organizations in International Affairs, to be held on hybrid mode in New York City on 3 April.

A delegation led by the World Council of Churches (WCC) is participating in the 69th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, being held from 10–21 March at the United Nations in New York City. 

During a prayer held at the St Hippolyte Roman Catholic Church in Geneva, the World Council of Churches (WCC) and its ecumenical partners focused on the beginning of Lent for many western Christian traditions, as well as the Lenten campaign Seven Weeks for Water, led by the WCC Ecumenical Water Network.

As the Christian world enters the Lenten season, the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Water Network will launch its annual Seven Weeks for Water campaign with a prayer service at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland.

The 11th Annual Symposium on the Role of Religion and Faith-Based Organizations in International Affairs will take place on 3 April 2025, in New York City, exploring the vital role of faith-based organizations and civil society in shaping multilateral solutions to global crises. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) launched the inaugural edition of the Living Planet Monitor (LPM) publication, marking a significant step in addressing the interconnection between land, water, food, and climate justice.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) will debut a new publication, Living Planet Monitor, during a webinar on 28 November from 15:00 to 16:30.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) will bring a strong moral voice to COP29, the United Nations climate change conference, taking place 11-22 November in Baku, Azerbaijan. At this pivotal gathering, the WCC will champion justice-centered climate action, calling for meaningful climate finance, protection for communities most affected by climate change, and a swift transition away from fossil fuels.

The World Council of Churches, ACT Alliance, and Lutheran World Federation have issued “A Call to Action for Biodiversity and Climate Justice at COP16.” 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) begins its journey at the triple COPs—starting with the biodiversity COP16 in Colombia—by promoting a holistic approach to environmental stewardship. Rooted in faith and guided by creation care, the WCC calls for integrated policies that address the interconnected challenges of biodiversity loss, climate change, and land degradation while amplifying the voices of Indigenous peoples and vulnerable communities.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) hosted a webinar addressing global hunger and food insecurity, bringing together faith representatives, nutrition experts, and social advocates who called for urgent systemic reform. The event, part of the WCC’s initiative of Land, Water, and Food Justice of the Living Planet Programme, focused on how hunger disproportionately affects marginalized communities, particularly emphasizing how gender disparities worsen food insecurity.

The World Council of Churches (WCC), along with global faith organizations, raised urgent awareness of the growing hunger crisis through the "Weekend of Prayer and Action Against Hunger." Inspired by Isaiah 58—"to loose the chains of injustice, untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free...and share our food with the hungry"—this global movement called on faith communities to take spiritual and practical steps to help end hunger.

On 16 October, during World Food Day, the World Council of Churches (WCC) will host an international webinar to address the worsening global food crisis. Featuring voices from the United Nations, civil society, academia, and faith communities, the event will examine the systemic causes of hunger and explore ways to empower women and children, the most vulnerable to food insecurity.

During a multi-faith reception to mark the close of the UN Summit for the Future, Rev. Dr Angelique Keturah Walker-Smith, World Council of Churches president from North America, offered a perspective on taking the UN Pact for the Future forward.