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For the first time, the leaders of the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church and Anglican Communion have jointly warned of the urgency of environmental sustainability, its impact on poverty, and the importance of global cooperation.

The Climate Sunday initiative is inviting local churches across Great Britain, Ireland and across the world to hold a climate-focused service on any Sunday before the United Nations climate change conference (COP26) begins in Glasgow on 31 October-12 November.

As people in many regions suffer from the effects of record-breaking heat, devastating wildfires and extreme flooding, World Council of Churches (WCC) deputy general secretary Rev. Dr Odair Pedroso Mateus lifted up those suffering in prayer while, at the same time, urgently reacting to the latest scientific evidence that the global temperature is rising.

Während die Menschen in zahlreichen Regionen unter den Auswirkungen der alle Rekorde brechenden Hitzewellen, verheerenden Waldbrände und extremen Überschwemmungen leiden, hat der stellvertretende Generalsekretär des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen, Pastor Dr. Odair Pedroso Mateus, die Leidtragenden in seine Gebete eingeschlossen und fordert angesichts der jüngsten wissenschaftlichen Beweise für den Anstieg der globalen Temperaturen dringend Gegenmaßnahmen.

En un contexto en el que las poblaciones de muchas regiones sufren los efectos de niveles récord de calor, incendios devastadores e inundaciones extremas, el Rev. Dr. Odair Pedroso Mateus, secretario general adjunto del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), oró por quienes sufren y reaccionó de inmediato a las últimas pruebas científicas que indican que la temperatura mundial está aumentando.

Global faith-based organizations, including the World Council of Churches, are jointly planning an intense period of prayer and action related to climate justice. Online prayers on 12 August and 26 August are open to the public with the goal of praying for the climate continuously until the COP26 climate talks are held in November in Glasgow, Scotland.

Alors que les populations de nombreuses régions souffrent des effets d’une chaleur record, d’incendies de forêt dévastateurs et d’inondations extrêmes, le Secrétaire général adjoint du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le pasteur Odair Pedroso Mateus, a évoqué ces souffrances dans la prière, tout en réagissant de toute urgence aux dernières données scientifiques indiquant que la température mondiale augmente.

With less than three months until the United Nations climate change conference begins in Glasgow, Eco-Congregation Scotland is renewing calls for churches to commit to action before talks begin.

The ecumenical Eglise verte (Green church) movement in France held its first assembly of local groups and churches on World Environment Day, 5 June.

African faith leaders are being urged to push for commitments on tangible climate change action, as governments head to the next climate negotiations at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP 26) in the city of Glasgow in the United Kingdom from 1-12 November.

On the road to the next UN Climate Conference (the 26^th Conference of Parties, or COP 26), churches and groups from a range of Christian traditions organised a webinar titled, “Raise Your Voice in Faith for Climate Justice,” on 13 May as part of the Global Action and Prayer for Climate Justice. 

Bishop Philip Huggins, president of the National Council of Churches in Australia, described the United Nations COP26 climate talks as possibly the “last chance to save our planet” in a letter to Australian prime minister Scott Morrison.