The World Council of Churches – as a member of the Geneva Interfaith Forum on Climate Change, Environment, and Human Rights, is co-organising a side event at the 56th Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland. Focusing on the intersection of human rights and noneconomic loss and damage in the context of climate change, the event will take place on 1 July from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm at Room XXV, Palais des Nations.
Pope Francis sent greetings to the World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly as it opened. Cardinal Koch, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity (Roman Catholic Church) delivered greetings from Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church to the World Council of Churches 11th Assembly during its first thematic plenary, focused on Care for Creation.
Global religious leaders and leading scientists issued a joint statement on 4 October calling on the international community to raise their ambition and step up their climate action ahead of the forthcoming climate change conference in Glasgow, commencing 31 October.
