Programme executive for Child Rights Frederique Seidel represented the World Council of Churches (WCC) as a keynote speaker in the session announcing the 2022 Keeling Curve Prize Winners.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) shared insights and resources related to children’s rights at an “Open Reli” event coordinated by the Pedagogical Institute of the Protestant Church in Baden on 24 March.
Co-hosted by the End Violence Against Children Partnership, of which the World Council of Churches (WCC) is a member, the online event discussed common solutions to protect children, particularly girls, in the critical context of climate change.
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.
At an event hosted by the Lutheran World Federation and focusing on “Faith Based Actors and Prevention of Violence against Children,” World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca offered opening reflections that focused on, among other efforts, the WCC’s initiative “Churches’ Commitments to Children” in partnership with UNICEF.
Celebrating International Children's Day, the World Council of Churches (WCC) has released a research paper "Cooler Earth - Higher Benefits: Actions by those who care about children, climate and finance.” The publication gives suggestions of how churches and other organizations around the world can respond to the climate emergency through investment decisions which are crucial to protect children from global warming.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) today releases a collection of curated resources to support churches, church-run schools, Sunday schools and summer camps in their ongoing efforts to promote care for children and youth through intergenerational climate- and environmental justice. The toolkit supports the Churches’ Commitments to Children, in which climate initiatives for and with children is an important pillar.
On 28 June, a World Council of Churches (WCC) intergenerational climate justice project was awarded the Keeling Curve Prize, a recognition for initiatives that offer solutions to reduce global warming. The WCC project supports adolescents engaging in climate justice through church-run schools, Sunday schools, and summer camps. The project stems from Churches’ Commitments to Children, a partnership between the WCC and UNICEF.
The World Council of Churches intergenerational climate justice project has been shortlisted as a finalist for the Keeling Curve Prize, a recognition for initiatives that offer solutions to reduce global warming.
