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Maria holds her son Isaac under the overpass at Chamelecón, along with hundreds of others her house was washed away and she lost all her belongings. Hurricanes Eta and Iota hit hard on the north coast of Honduras, leaving some areas flooded for three weeks, destroying people's furniture, belongings, vehicles and houses as well as standing crops.

WCC Webinar: Climate-Responsible Finance - a Moral Imperative towards Children

20 May 2022

A capacity building session on the Statement “Climate Responsible Finance - A Moral Imperative Towards Children”, released on 9 May by the World Council of Churches (WCC), United Nations Environment Programme, Muslim Council of Elders, and NY Board of Rabbis.

News

WCC, United Nations Environment Programme, Muslim Council of Elders, NY Board of Rabbis sign joint appeal for climate-responsible finance as a moral imperative towards children

The World Council of Churches (WCC), United Nations Environment Programme, Muslim Council of Elders, and NY Board of Rabbis have signed a landmark joint appeal, “Climate-Responsible Finance – A moral imperative and responsibility to all children and the living world“.

09 May 2022

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Statement: public statement

Climate-Responsible Finance - a Moral Imperative towards Children

09 May 2022

General Secretary

News

WCC joins online event to share initiatives protecting children from the climate crisis

Programme executive for Child Rights Frederique Seidel represented the World Council of Churches (WCC) in an online conference to show how churches are using their influence to promote proactive involvement in climate justice and improve the lives of children.

05 May 2022

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Background document

Message from the waters of Brazil to the waters of the world

Ecumenical Water Network-Brazil (REDA-Brazil) Stands in Solidarity with #FAME 2022.

28 April 2022

WCC Programmes

News

WCC to observe World Immunization Week with theme ‘‘Long Life For All”

As World Immunization Week is observed from 24-30 April with the theme “Long Life for All,” the World Council of Churches (WCC) and its vaccine champions continue to support sharing accurate information about vaccines as well as access to vaccines across the globe.

22 April 2022

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Letter

WCC acting general secretary letter to Mme Olena Zelenska, First Lady of Ukraine

In a response to a letter from First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska, World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca expressed both his appreciation for her candid reflections as well as his own pain at the ongoing and increasingly grave humanitarian consequences of the conflict.

23 March 2022

General Secretary

News

WCC offers intervention at Climate Responsible Finance event

World Council of Churches programme executive for Child Rights Frederique Seidel offered an intervention at a Climate Response Finance event organized by Greenfaith on 24 February.

24 February 2022

Feature story

Across the world, churches work to end child abuse by bringing it “Out of the Shadows”

From diverse regions and churches, hundreds of people drew together in 2021 to find ways to end child abuse. Through a campaign called “Out of the Shadows,” churches held workshops, trained champions, distributed materials, and augmented the drumbeat for awareness, buoyed by resources from the World Council of Churches (WCC) and its partners.

06 January 2022

Blog post

A group of young women carrying a dead tree during the Fridays for Future march for COP26, in Glasgow, UK, 5 November 2021.

Urgency to act now for climate justice

Participating in the COP26 in Glasgow resembled a reunion of sorts. After the pandemic cancelled meetings of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Working Group on Climate Change and led to the rescheduling COP26, it was wonderful to catch up with my ecumenical friends who are devoted to the work of climate justice.

25 November 2021

Grace Ji-Sun Kim

News

On World Toilet Day, webinar challenges churches to address world’s sanitation crisis

A webinar was jointly organised by the World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Water Network and Norwegian Church Aid to mark World Toilet Day on 19 November.

24 November 2021

Interview

Rev. Kleber Machado from Glasgow: no social justice without climate justice

Rev. Kleber Machado is a minister of the Church of Scotland at the St Andrew West Paris Church, in Glasgow, where COP26 is taking place. Below, he reflects on wider climate justice issues, as well as how he is bringing hope in his church’s own backyard.

12 November 2021

News

Tanzania, 2018, Photo: Albin Hillert/WCC

Global joint interfaith statement for World Food Day commits to praying and acting against hunger

A joint interfaith statement for World Food Day, being observed 16 October this year, calls us to pray and act against hunger at a time when 811 million people are going to bed hungry each night.

15 October 2021

News

Climate pilgrims leave the ferry terminal in Newcastle.

On the way to COP26, climate pilgrims arrive in England after ferry crossing

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.

14 October 2021

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Message

Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca: The Pandemic, the World Council of Churches, and Global Health

Address of Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, acting general secretary of the World Council of Churches at the meeting of WCC, EKD, German Federal Foreign Office and TransAtlantic Network, 13 October 2021

13 October 2021

General Secretary

Event

How racism and colonialism are exacerbating impacts of climate change

29 September 2021

In the context of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly, this webinar will explore both the tremendous achievement of the decolonization of land and people and the legacies of colonialism and their effects on people and the environment.

News

Scottish and UK religious leaders call for urgent climate action

Scottish and UK religious leaders have signed a declaration urging governments to take transformational climate action at the COP26 in November.

20 September 2021

Publication

Ecumenical International Youth Day 2021 Event Toolkit

Young People and Climate Justice

The World Council of Churches provides this toolkit as a resource for the fellowship to plan and organize unique celebrations of Ecumenical International Youth Day 2021. It includes background information and a description of this year’s theme, climate justice, tools and resources and a suggested programme format to use and adapt in local contexts.

The WCC programmes on Youth Engagement in the Ecumenical Movement, Churches Commitment to Children, and Climate and Economic Justice are collaborating for this year’s focus area.

06 August 2021

Prayer

A call to intercession and recommitment to active compassion, from the Church of the Lord Worldwide

This prayer call was also published as part of the publication Voices of Lament, Hope and Courage, available in English, French, German and Spanish.

07 July 2021

News

Preparing for Season of Creation: “Our wellbeing is deeply interwoven with creation’s wellbeing”

During a “Season of Creation Intergenerational Dialogue” webinar on 3 June, World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca gave closing remarks, reflecting on how the earth can be a home for us all.

04 June 2021