Archive for tag: COP27

Archive pour tag : COP27

A protester wears a t-shirt with the message 'Stop funding fossils' during a demonstration at the COP27 climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
COP27 deal ‘simply isn’t enough,’ says D&P delegate

Money for the damage done isn’t the same thing as preventing even more damage. That simple distinction left Yusra Shafi, Development and Peace-Caritas Canada delegate to the COP27 climate change conference, disappointed as she flew home from Egypt.
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Posted: Nov. 23, 2022 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=12890
Categories: Catholic Register • In this article: climate change, COP27, Development & Peace Transmis : 23 nov. 2022 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=12890
Catégorie : Catholic Register • Dans cet article : climate change, COP27, Development & Peace

Climate activists gathered to demand climate justice during the 27th Conference of Parties (COP27)
WCC joins faith leaders in urgent call for higher ambition at COP27

World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca joined other faith leaders in signing a collective message calling on world leaders and their representatives at COP27 to make the bold decisions necessary and ensure that there are clear and concrete outcomes from this COP.
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Posted: Nov. 18, 2022 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=12842
Categories: WCC News • In this article: climate change, COP27 Transmis : 18 nov. 2022 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=12842
Catégorie : WCC News • Dans cet article : climate change, COP27

Bishop Arnold Temple of the Methodist Church, Sierra Leone, delivers a statement to the high-level segment of the United Nations climate change conference COP27 at Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt on behalf of Faith-based organizations
Faith-based organisations to COP27: “We bring narratives that demand us all to act with justice”

“COP27 is a critical occasion for governments to together re-envision, develop, commit to and implement a roadmap towards a fossil fuel-free, post-growth, equitable and sustainable tomorrow,” said Bishop Arnold Temple of the Methodist Church in Sierra Leone, representing the interfaith liaison group, to the High-Level Ministerial Segment of the 27th Session of Conference of the Parties (COP27).
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Posted: Nov. 16, 2022 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=12853
Categories: WCC News • In this article: climate change, COP27, justice, WCC Transmis : 16 nov. 2022 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=12853
Catégorie : WCC News • Dans cet article : climate change, COP27, justice, WCC

Climate activists gathered to demand climate justice during the 27th Conference of Parties (COP27)
WCC statement on COP27

As Christians we confess that “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world and all who live in it” (Ps 24). We acknowledge our responsibility as stewards and caretakers of God’s unique and abundant Creation of which we human beings are part. And yet we look around our world today, and see that due to our greed and negligence the entire living planet is threatened by accelerating climate change. “The earth dries up and withers, the world languishes and withers…”, “The earth is defiled by its people…” (Isaiah 24:4-5).
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Posted: Nov. 12, 2022 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=12844
Categories: Communiqué, WCC News • In this article: climate change, COP27, statements, WCC Transmis : 12 nov. 2022 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=12844
Catégorie : Communiqué, WCC News • Dans cet article : climate change, COP27, statements, WCC

Metropolitan Serafim Kykotis (Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa) joined a youth-led protest for climate justice at the 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches taking place in Karlsruhe, Germany from August 31 to September 8
Ahead of COP27, Christian leaders commit to fighting hunger caused by climate change

As the world prepares to gather for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt from 6 to 18 November 2022, Christian organizations from Africa, Europe, and North America have committed to work together to end the persistent hunger crisis, worsened by climate change.

Leaders from nearly 40 churches and organizations signed the commitment at the end of a two-day convocation in Nairobi on 21 October. The meeting—on climate change and hunger—was organized by the U.S.-based Bread for the World and hosted by the All Africa Conference of Churches.
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Posted: Oct. 25, 2022 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=12633
Categories: WCC News • In this article: Bread for the World, climate change, COP27, hunger Transmis : 25 oct. 2022 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=12633
Catégorie : WCC News • Dans cet article : Bread for the World, climate change, COP27, hunger