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The World Council of Churches, ACT Alliance, and Lutheran World Federation have issued “A Call to Action for Biodiversity and Climate Justice at COP16.” 

On 6 November, an informal online interfaith gathering in spirit of Talanoa will convene at COP29.

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, in opening remarks at a press conference on the first day of the ACT Alliance, set an urgent tone with regard to climate justice, indicating “We are running out of time.”

As the 4th ACT Alliance General Assembly opened, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay reflected on the assembly theme “Hope in Action: Together for Justice!”

A joint multi-year sustainable food systems project between The United Church of Canada, Zimbabwe Council of Churches, and Canadian Foodgrains Bank is increasing food security with community-led solutions.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) begins its journey at the triple COPs—starting with the biodiversity COP16 in Colombia—by promoting a holistic approach to environmental stewardship. Rooted in faith and guided by creation care, the WCC calls for integrated policies that address the interconnected challenges of biodiversity loss, climate change, and land degradation while amplifying the voices of Indigenous peoples and vulnerable communities.

World Council of Churches (WCC) Children and Climate programme executive Frederique Seidel spoke at a Wilton Park conference in Italy being held from 21-24 October. 

Le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) entame son cheminement au gré des trois COP, qui commence par la COP16 sur la biodiversité en Colombie, en promouvant une approche holistique de la gérance environnementale. Ancré dans la foi et orienté par le souci de la création, le COE appelle à des politiques intégrées pour relever les défis liés que sont la perte de biodiversité, les changements climatiques et la dégradation des sols tout en amplifiant les voix des populations autochtones et des communautés vulnérables.

Pour montrer comment nos choix financiers peuvent contribuer à combattre la désertification et à créer un avenir durable pour nos enfants, le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) a publié une vidéo «Du désespoir à l’espoir» en anglais, allemand, français, espagnol et arabe.

The World Council of Churches joined other faith-based and civil society organizations in signing a Call to Action on the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty, an open letter to the world’s leaders to call for bold and urgent action to end hunger, malnutrition, and poverty. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) hosted a webinar addressing global hunger and food insecurity, bringing together faith representatives, nutrition experts, and social advocates who called for urgent systemic reform. The event, part of the WCC’s initiative of Land, Water, and Food Justice of the Living Planet Programme, focused on how hunger disproportionately affects marginalized communities, particularly emphasizing how gender disparities worsen food insecurity.

To highlight how our financial choices can help combat desertification and create a sustainable future for our children, the World Council of Churches (WCC) has released a video “From Despair to Hope,” available in English, German, French, Spanish, and Arabic.

On 14 October, the leadership of the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy visited the World Council of Churches (WCC) headquarters while attending the Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly in Geneva, being held 13-17 October. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC), along with global faith organizations, raised urgent awareness of the growing hunger crisis through the "Weekend of Prayer and Action Against Hunger." Inspired by Isaiah 58—"to loose the chains of injustice, untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free...and share our food with the hungry"—this global movement called on faith communities to take spiritual and practical steps to help end hunger.