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Christ’s Love Moves the World to Reconciliation and Unity: Report of the WCC 11th Assembly

The Report of the WCC 11th Assembly is an important element of a wider collection of resources that offers a flavour of what took place at the assembly in Karlsruhe in 2022, which gathered more than 4500 people, including 659 official delegates from the WCC’s 352 member churches around the theme “Christ’s love moves the world to reconciliation and unity.”

This report includes an overview of the assembly, the message and unity statement, various reflections, an overview of the spiritual life of the assembly, reports of the work since the previous assembly, an overview of thematic plenaries and ecumenical conversations, reports of assembly committees, statements and minutes, messages from pre-assemblies, greetings to the assembly and various appendices.

Pour un secteur bancaire responsable pour le climat: «Les enfants n’ont pas peur de suivre la trace de l’argent»! Et vous, les adultes?

Ellyanne Chlystun-Githae Wanjiku, 13 ans, originaire du Kenya, a lancé un appel retentissant le 9 mai, à l’occasion d’un webinaire sur la responsabilité des banques pour le climat: «les enfants n’ont pas peur de suivre la trace de l’argent» a-t-elle affirmé, et cela passe par des efforts pour se renseigner sur les activités bancaires responsables et pour influencer les politiques.

Les jeunes encouragé-e-s à déposer leur candidature pour l’Emerging Peacemakers Forum

Le Conseil œcuménique des Églises, le Conseil des sages musulmans et la Fondation Rose Castle organisent à l’Institut œcuménique de Bossey l’Emerging Peacemakers Forum (Forum des nouveaux artisans de paix) pour les jeunes femmes et les jeunes hommes travaillant au sein de la société civile et d’organisations internationales ou les personnalités influentes au sein de leurs sociétés. Les jeunes ayant une expérience dans l’instauration de la paix, la résolution ou la gestion de conflit sont également invité-e-s à déposer leur candidature, tout comme les jeunes qui souhaitent diffuser les valeurs de paix dans leurs régions.

Cooler Earth – Higher Benefits Second Edition

Actions by those who care about children, climate and finance
Frederique Seidel
Emmanuel de Martel

The second edition of this publication gives suggestions of how churches and other organizations around the world can respond to the climate emergency through investment decisions that are crucial to protect children from global warming. Contains updated tables and reports.

The third edition was published in August 2022 and is available here

Cooler Earth – Higher Benefits Second Edition

Actions by those who care about children, climate and finance
Frederique Seidel
Emmanuel de Martel

The second edition of this publication gives suggestions of how churches and other organizations around the world can respond to the climate emergency through investment decisions that are crucial to protect children from global warming. Contains updated tables and reports.

The third edition was published in August 2022 and is available here

Cooler Earth – Higher Benefits Second Edition

Actions by those who care about children, climate and finance
Frederique Seidel
Emmanuel de Martel

The second edition of this publication gives suggestions of how churches and other organizations around the world can respond to the climate emergency through investment decisions that are crucial to protect children from global warming. Contains updated tables and reports.

The third edition was published in August 2022 and is available here

Cooler Earth - Higher Benefits (Third Edition)

Actions by those who care about children, climate, and finance
Frederique Seidel
Emmanuel de Martel
Eric Begaghel

This document was developed by the WCC’s Child Rights programme in response to requests by children and youth urging adults to find solutions to the climate crisis. This is the third updated edition.

The research examines the impact of financial choices on global warming and reviews related solutions which can bend the CO2 emissions curve (also called the “Keeling Curve”). It shares information, good practices, and suggestions on the efficiency of financial measures to address global warming. It aims to support discussions and discernment among working groups and decision-makers who want to consider influential strategies to address the climate crisis.