A World Council of Churches (WCC) delegation comprised of representatives from WCC member churches and partner organizations is headed to the COP27 climate change summit in Egypt to lift up voices, experiences, and perspectives of those most affected.
At convocations on climate and hunger, held 18-19 October and 21 October, Christian leaders from Africa, Europe, and North America came together in various locations and in diverse ways to pray and work for solutions to the global hunger crisis made worse by climate change.
A church-backed symbolic torch—amplifying calls for climate justice—is moving across African countries, on its way to Sharm El-Sheik, the Egyptian city, hosting the 6-18 November UN Climate Change Conference (COP27).
As the world prepares to gather for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt, Christian organizations from Africa, Europe, and North America have committed to work together to end the persistent hunger crisis, worsened by climate change.
From 11-13 October, experts in finance, economics, sociology, and theology from the World Council of Churches (WCC), World Communion of Reformed Churches, Lutheran World Federation, and Council for World Mission met in Bali, Indonesia, for the fifth meeting of the working group on a New International Financial and Economic Architecture.
As a severe drought triggered a humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa, churches and several humanitarian organizations there urged foreign debt suspension to enable the countries to tackle the catastrophe.
As the World Council of Churches (WCC) Climate Working Group meets this month, the advisory body is looking forward to offering the fruits of its work for reflection and, most important, action at the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe. Below, Rev. Henrik Grape, senior advisor on Care for Creation, Sustainability, and Climate Justice, reflects on climate justice work in the lead-up to the assembly and beyond.
World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca reflected on the link between climate and justice as he commented on the 6th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change focusing on “Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability.”
Global faith leaders, including World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, have signed onto a statement urging ambitious action to deliver climate justice for the most vulnerable people and communities.
Time is running out. As the COP26 negotiations reach a critical moment, members of the global faith community, led by our sisters and brothers from the Global South, call for urgent and ambitious action to deliver justice for the most vulnerable people and communities.
