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2 September 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: Climate protest at the 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches, held in Karlsruhe, Germany from 31 August to 8 September, under the theme "Christ's Love Moves the World to Reconciliation and Unity."

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The event will feature prayers, reflections, and poetry, including contributions from the WCC Youth Engagement representatives, Don Bosco Green Alliance, Presbyterian Church of East Africa, Climate YES South Africa, Green Anglicans, and A Rocha Lebanon. Youth leaders will share stories of hope and commitment to climate justice, inspiring collective actions to safeguard our planet.

Rev. Dr Rima Nasrallah, an ordained minister in the Protestant Church in Beirut and a founding member of A Rocha Lebanon, will speak on the importance of faith communities in advocating for the vulnerable and acting in solidarity with creation. The event will also highlight the global push for the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, encouraging faith-based leadership in this movement.

Dr Louk Andrianos, WCC consultant for Care for Creation, Sustainability, and Climate Justice, emphasized, As communities of faith, we are called not only to pray but to act, especially for those most impacted by the ecological crisis: human and non-human suffering creation in every part of the Earth. As Apostle Paul said, in Romans 8:22, ’the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now,' because of humankind sin. Our collective prayers must turn into policies that protect our common home.”

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