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The World Council of Churches (WCC) is holding Norway in prayer and concern after the nation was struck by the most powerful storm in a generation.

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. 

A group of bikers from the Bike for Peace visited the World Council of Churches on 30 August as part of a commemoration in the Place de Nations. 

Auf seiner Rede in Bergen, Norwegen anlässlich einer internationalen Konferenz über Nachhaltigkeit und Klima in der Religion, veranstaltet von der Westnorwegischen Fachhochschule, der Kirche von Norwegen und dem Rat der Religions- und Weltanschauungsgemeinschaften in Norwegen, hat der Generalsekretär des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK), Pastor Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, Gedanken zu der Frage geäußert: „Was hat Liebe damit zu tun? Klimagerechtigkeit und Fürsorge für die Erde.“

Speaking in Bergen, Norway at an international conference on Sustainability and Climate in Re-ligion organized by the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, The Church of Norway and The Council for Religious and Life Stance Communities in Norway, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit offered reflections on “What’s love got to do with it? Climate justice and care for the earth.”

Al participar en Bergen (Noruega) en la conferencia internacional sobre “La sostenibilidad y el clima en la religión”, organizada por la Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas de Noruega Occidental, la Iglesia de Noruega y el Consejo de Comunidades Religiosas y No Religiosas de Noruega, el secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, aportó sus reflexiones sobre “¿Qué tiene que ver el amor con esto? La justicia climática y el cuidado de la Tierra”.

S’exprimant à Bergen, en Norvège, à l’occasion de la conférence internationale sur la durabilité et les changements climatiques dans la religion, organisée par l’université de Norvège occidentale en sciences appliquées, l’Église de Norvège et le Conseil pour les communautés religieuses et philosophiques de Norvège, le secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit, a fait part de ses réflexions autour de la question: «En quoi l’amour est-il concerné? La justice climatique et le souci de la planète».

“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.”

„Gott ist der Klimawandel ganz bestimmt nicht egal, denn er schwächt überall auf unserer Welt Menschen, die bereits schwach, verarmt und auf sich selbst gestellt sind“, sagte Pastor Dr. Nestor Friedrich aus Brasilien in seiner Predigt während einer ökumenischen Andacht am 8. Dezember in der Spanischen Evangelischen Kirche in Madrid anlässlich des UN-Klimagipfels COP25.

“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.

“Dios nunca es indiferente al cambio climático que debilita a las ya socavadas, empobrecidas y dispersas poblaciones de todo el mundo”, afirmó el Rev. Dr. Nestor Friedrich, de Brasil, al pronunciar el sermón durante un culto ecuménico celebrado el 8 de diciembre en la Iglesia Evangélica Española, en Madrid, durante la cumbre de las Naciones Unidas sobre el cambio climático 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.

Bishop Ingeborg Midttømme, from the Church of Norway, serves at the diocese of Møre, in the northwestern part of the Scandinavian country. She is also a board member of Norwegian Church Aid. Over the past years, she has been an active participant in international events that focus on the global agenda on sustainable development, such as the United Nations annual climate conferences.

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).