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His Holiness Moran Mar Baselios Marthoma Paulose II, Supreme Head of the Indian (Malankara) Orthodox Church, and Catholicos of the East, met with Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia at St Daniel Monastery in Moscow on 3 September.

His Holiness Catholicos Paulose II thanked Patriarch Kirill for the hospitality, stressing that “forty years have elapsed and now we as primates of our Churches can resume the exchange of visits. Your Holiness, your love and insight have helped to make it possible. Once again, thank you for it”.

Joining efforts to explore how to move from dependency on fossil fuel to a sustainable future, faith representatives gathered at the Indonesian Pavilion at COP22 in Marrakech, Morocco on 8 November, for an event hosted by the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry.

„Bisher haben wir von den Staats- und Regierungschefs in erster Linie Lippenbekenntnisse gehört. Hoffen wir, dass den vielen Worten jetzt konkrete Taten folgen“, sagte Pastor Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, Generalsekretär des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) anlässlich der Eröffnungsveranstaltungen des UN-Klimagipfels in Paris (COP 21) am 30. November.

“The political leaders of the world are speaking like preachers. May they continue as believers,” said the WCC general secretary at the opening of the UN climate talks in Paris.

"Los líderes políticos del mundo están hablando como predicadores, esperemos que sigan el camino como creyentes", dijo el Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, Secretario General del CMI, durante a las sesiones inaugurales de las conversaciones sobre el cambio climático de las Naciones Unidas de París.

«Les dirigeants politiques de la planète s’expriment comme des prédicateurs. Puissent-ils rester croyants», a dit le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit, secrétaire général du COE, à l’ouverture le 30 novembre à Paris des pourparlers de l’ONU sur le climat (COP21).

Outcomes, disappointments, as well as encouraging signs from the United Nations Climate Change Conference and the Peoples Summit held late last year in Lima, Peru, were discussed at length by representatives of faith communities.

Os resultados, decepções e sinais encorajadores da Conferência das Nações Unidas sobre Mudanças Climáticas (COP 20) e da Cúpula dos Povos, realizadas no final do ano passado, em Lima, Peru, foram amplamente debatidos por representantes de comunidades de fé num painel organizado pelo Conselho Mundial de Igrejas (CMI).

Climate change is increasing inequality and impacting territorial integrity and security as well as provoking the forced displacement of people seriously affecting human rights of people.

In a statement read on 9 December to government members from around the world at the United Nations climate summit in Durban, South Africa, the World Council of Churches (WCC) reaffirmed the need for a fair, ambitious and binding treaty to effectively address climate change effects on vulnerable communities.