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The final report of the committee included recommendations to the WCC, regional ecumenical organizations, national councils of churches, Christian world communions, ecumenical youth movements, specialized ministries, renewal movements, the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, and churches and organizations – whether or not traditionally seen as ecumenically engaged – on how to live out the gift of ecumenical calling in more intentional cooperation by all. It was received by the WCC Central Committee in September 2012 and will be forwarded to the WCC 10th Assembly in 2013.

As a follow-up to the Alternative Globalization Addressing People and Earth (AGAPE) process, which concluded with the AGAPE Call presented at the WCC 9th Assembly in Porto Alegre in 2006, the WCC initiated a programme focused on eradicating poverty, challenging wealth accumulation and safeguarding ecological integrity based on the understanding that Poverty, Wealth and Ecology are integrally related. The AGAPE Call to Action is the result of a six-year process of consultations and regional studies.

The Ecumenical Disability Advocates Network (EDAN) in its first ever pre-assembly convocation issued this statement.

The Climate Change Programme of the World Council of Churches
is coordinated by Dr. David Hallman (Canada). This booklet is a
collection of some of his recent contributions and other key texts that
were developed by the WCC Working Group on Climate Change under
his leadership. We want to express our sincere gratitude to David for
his extraordinary skills, the energy and time he has dedicated to this
programme. We also add a statement on Climte Change by HAH the
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I.