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As part of this year's Season of Creation, the World Council of Churches (WCC) will co-host a high-level webinar on 10 September. This event will bring together faith leaders, government officials, and climate advocates to discuss the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty (FFNPT) and its role in securing a just energy transition.

As a national ecumenical campaign “Living hope for the earth: Justice. Peace. Creation” is set to begin in Dresden, Germany, the World Council of Churches (WCC) shared a warm message of greeting.

In the opening event for the global Season of Creation, faith leaders from diverse Christian traditions gathered to reflect on the 2024 theme, “To Hope and Act with Creation,” focusing on humanity's relationship with nature and the urgent need for environmental justice.

From 19-30 August, 27 church and youth leaders from 23 countries gathered in Limuru, Kenya, for the 7th edition of the Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics, and Management for an Economy of Life (GEM School). The participants included church leaders, pastors, theological students, finance, economics, and ecological justice experts.

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the Archbishop of Constantinople, shared a message on the opening of Season of Creation 2024. 

Reflecting on the theme “The welfare of the Earth is our welfare”, director of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on Climate Justice and Sustainable Development Athena Peralta delivered a strong call to action at the All Africa Conference of Churches event on climate justice.

On 1 September, the Season of Creation 2024 will begin with a global online prayer event, bringing together Christians from diverse traditions to pray for the wellbeing of creation. This year’s theme, "To hope and act with Creation," highlights the moral imperative for faith communities to take decisive action against the environmental crisis.

World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Water Network coordinator Dinesh Suna visited the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, in Brazil, to commend the institution's ongoing work related to water justice.  

The World Council of Churches (WCC) will host, for the next ten days, the Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics, and Management for an Economy of Life (GEM School) from 19-28 August, in Limuru, Kenya. The event will bring together 20 current and future church leaders worldwide to deepen their understanding of global economic systems and empower them to advocate for transformative change.

Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary, and Rev. Dr Kuzipa Nalwamba, WCC programme director for Unity, Mission, and Ecumenical Formation, will share insights during the International Mission Partnership Consultation in Finland, to be held 26-30 August. 

A delegation from the World Council of Churches (WCC) attended the first United Nations Preparatory Committee (Prep Com) session for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) held in Addis Ababa 22-26 July. The delegation included Rev. Suzanne Matale and Brian Muyunga, who played key roles in advocating for fair financial systems and youth involvement.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) joined ecumenical partners for an online meeting titled “Assisi Reunion and Next Steps of Feast of Creation.” The event brought together faith leaders to discuss ongoing initiatives and plans for promoting the Feast of Creation, highlighting the critical role of faith communities in environmental stewardship and climate justice.

African interfaith leaders convening in Kigali, Rwanda issued a statement on 19 July calling for forgiving debts, implementing responsible lending and borrowing principles, mainstreaming risk sharing between creditors and debtors, and scaling up access to resources for development in affordable terms.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) participated in the Online Summer Ecumenical School for Dialogue on “Ecology through the Prism of War: Challenges for Ukraine and the World,” organized by the Institute of Ecumenical Studies of the Ukrainian Catholic University from 1-9 July.

The 56th UN Human Rights Council, which concluded on 12 July, adopted 25 resolutions related to children, climate, health, and more. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) participated in the sixth Annual Meeting of the Ecumenical and Francophone Society of Theology of Ecology (SOFTE) held at the Saint Hugues Spiritual Center in Biviers, France, from 2-5 July. Dr Louk Andrianos, WCC consultant on care for creation, sustainability, and climate justice, contributed virtually with a reflection on biodiversity, spirituality, and the need to redirect human greed towards oikocentrism.