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Training empowers churches for legal action to accelerate climate solutions

As the world edges closer to exceeding the 1.5-degree Celsius threshold set in the Paris Agreement, members of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on Climate Justice and Sustainable Development gathered in Panama City for a training on climate litigation for churches.

11 February 2025

Feature story

View of an open valley, some rudimentary buildings in the foreground and a city in the background seen in the distance.

Palestinian women in An Nabi Samwil village are staying—and surviving

Nawal Barakat lives in the village of An Nabi Samwil. It’s only eight kilometers northwest of Jerusalem—but it might as well be a world away.

23 January 2025

WCC, with India Peace Centre, launches Interfaith Coalition on Land, Water, and Food

The World Council of Churches (WCC), with the India Peace Centre, has launched an Interfaith Coalition on Land, Water, and Food, the first such initiative in India.

09 January 2025

Feature story

Local fishing community pictured near Cape Coast Castle, a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the fortresses built by European colonial powers which was used as a final point of departure for the men, women, and children who were sold into chattel slavery, Ghana, Photo: Albin Hillert/Life on Earth Pictures

WCC reference group meets in Ghana to discuss realities of racism, xenophobia, and casteism around the world

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Reference Group on Overcoming Racism, Xenophobia, Casteism, and all other forms of Discrimination, met in Accra, Ghana from 2-6 December.

12 December 2024

Publication

Living Planet Monitor, Volume 1, Issue 1, Nov. 2024

Southern and Eastern Africa

This first issue of the Living Planet Monitor aims to monitor our commitment to sustainable food systems, conservation of land, ecological biodiversity, and water justice in Africa The Living Planet Monitor will give you an overview of the situation in a particular continent by monitoring indicators on food security, water resources, land use, and climate resilience. It is a key instrument for faith communities to stay informed on the current situation, share good practices and projects led by church-based organizations, and give hope and courage to transform the situation.

28 November 2024

Statement: public statement

WCC Executive Committee statement on Haiti

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Executive Committee statement on Haiti, adopted at the meeting in Cyprus on 21-26 November 2024.

25 November 2024

Statement: public statement

Statement on the War in Gaza, Lebanon, and the Wider Middle East

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Executive Committee statement on the War in Gaza, Lebanon, and the Wider Middle East, adopted at the meeting in Cyprus on 21-26 November 2024.

25 November 2024

Statement: public statement

Statement on Appeal for the People of Sudan

WCC executive committee statement on Appeal for the People of Sudan, adopted at the meeting in Cyprus on 21-26 November 2024.

25 November 2024

Report

Report of the WCC general secretary at the executive committee in Paralimni, Cyprus

Report of the WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay at the WCC executive committee meeting convening in Paralimni, Cyprus, 21-26 November 2024.

21 November 2024

Agriculture, especially rice, remains at the heart of Cambodia's economy and culture. Here a woman winnows rice in the northern province of Battambang.

WCC signs joint letter to G20 urging New International Financial and Economic Architecture

The World Council of Churches, World Communion of Reformed Churches, Lutheran World Federation, World Methodist Council, and Council for World Mission signed a letter to G20 leaders that embraces the theme of the 2024 G20 Leaders’ Summit, “Building a Just World and a Sustainable Planet.”

14 November 2024

Feature story

GEM School inspires Brazilian gathering focused on justice and ecological balance

Community leaders from El Salvador, Nicaragua, Uruguay, and Brazil recently gathered in São Paulo for an international exchange to advance an "Economy of Life" focused on sustainability, human dignity, and social justice. The event, an outcome of the Ecumenical School of Governance, Economics, and Management for an Economy of Life (GEM School 2023), provided a platform for grassroots leaders to share strategies for community empowerment and systemic change.

07 November 2024

Right to water and food focus of side event at Committee on World Food Security

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Water Network co-organized a side event at the 52nd session of the Committee on World Food Security, recently held in Rome.

The theme of the side event was “Water for Life: Bridging the gap between the right to water and food.”

31 October 2024

Hands full of corn seeds with corn in the background

Food systems project coordinated by United Church of Canada, Zimbabwe Council of Churches, and Canadian Foodgrains Bank

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.

28 October 2024

WCC signs Call to Action on the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty

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.

23 October 2024

L’eau pour la vie: combler le fossé entre le droit à l’eau et le droit à l’alimentation

22 October 2024

Dans le cadre de son engagement pour l’eau et l’alimentation pour la vie, le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), par l’entremise de son Réseau œcuménique de l’eau, coorganisera l’événement parallèle L’eau pour la vie: combler le fossé entre le droit à l’eau et le droit à l’alimentation en marge de la 52^e session du Comité de la sécurité alimentaire mondiale (CFS 52). L’événement hybride se tiendra le 22 octobre 2024 de 8h30 à 9h45, heure de Genève, dans la salle Iran du siège de la FAO à Rome, en Italie.

Iran Room, FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy.

Agua para la vida: poniendo el foco en el nexo entre el derecho al agua y a los alimentos

22 October 2024

En el marco de su compromiso permanente con el agua y los alimentos para la vida, el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), a través de su Red Ecuménica del Agua, copatrocinará el evento paralelo Agua para la vida: poniendo el foco en el nexo entre el derecho al agua y a los alimentos durante el 52º período de sesiones del Comité de Seguridad Alimentaria Mundial (CSA 52). Este evento híbrido tendrá lugar el 22 de octubre de 2024 de 08:30 a. m. a 09:45 a. m. CEST en la Sala de Irán, en la sede de la FAO en Roma, Italia.

Iran Room, FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy.

Wasser – Quelle des Lebens: Das Recht auf Wasser und Nahrung

22 October 2024

Der Ökumenische Rat der Kirchen (ÖRK) ist im Rahmen seines Engagements für Wasser und Nahrung zum Leben über das Ökumenische Wassernetzwerk ein Mitveranstalter der Nebenveranstaltung Water for Life: Bridging the Gap Between the Right to Water and Food während der 52. Sitzung des Welternährungsausschusses (CFS 52). Die hybrid abgehaltene Veranstaltung findet am 22. Oktober 2024 von 08:30 Uhr bis 09:45 Uhr MESZ im Iran-Raum im Hauptquartier der Ernährungs- und Landwirtschaftsorganisation der Vereinten Nationen (FAO) in Rom, Italien statt.

Iran Room, FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy.

Totonicapan in the indigenous highlands, villagers have increased their food production

At World Food Day webinar, WCC urges systemic change to break the hunger cycle

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.

17 October 2024