-----Original Message----- From: World Council of Churches [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, August 7, 2014 3:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: WCC NEWS: New website brings into focus interfaith perspectives on climate change World Council of Churches - News NEW WEBSITE BRINGS INTO FOCUS INTERFAITH PERSPECTIVES ON CLIMATE CHANGE 07 August 2014 Plans are advancing for the Interfaith Summit on Climate Change, to be held in New York from 21 to 22 September. A new website featuring interfaith perspectives on climate change, highlighting the upcoming summit, has recently gone online. The website, which was developed by the World Council of Churches (WCC) and Religions for Peace, intends to offer a variety of faith-based perspectives on climate while encouraging people to get involved in addressing climate change issues. The site (lists.wcc-coe.org/ct.html?ufl=2&rtr=on&s=jazjt,y8c2,usx,fc85,dhpc,33i2,4k2x currently featuring the upcoming Interfaith Summit on Climate Change, will also focus in future on the interfaith voices in advance of the COPS 21 climate change meetings to be held in Paris in December, 2015. In addition to information about the upcoming summit, the site also offers videos, documents and suggested ways to get involved. “A new video we posted recently and called The Green Mosque is a compelling story of a young Muslim woman in Cape Town, South Africa who is working with her community to increase awareness about the environment and its impact on climate change,” said WCC director of communication, Mark Beach. “The site is meant to increase awareness about climate change from a religious and faith-based perspective,” Beach said. “People of faith have something to say about climate change, such as Mariam, interviewed in The Green Mosque video, showing that they understand the issue and there are things within their own community that can be done. Her work is inspiring.” There is also a video featuring perspectives from the local community and churches in Tuvalu about the rising of sea levels and what it means to this small Pacific Atoll. The webpages will continue to be enriched with new materials in the coming weeks. The Interfaith Summit on Climate Change is part of a global effort to mobilize people and communities on the issue of climate change. Some 30 religious leaders will gather for the two-day summit where the involvement of indigenous peoples and youth will be vital. In attendance will be leaders from various spiritual traditions such as Christian (including Protestant, Roman Catholic and Orthodox), Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, Brahma Kumaris, Indigenous and multi-spiritual. The summit will convey the concern of faith communities around the world regarding the proposals of the United Nations Secretary General’s Climate Summit, taking place one day later on 23 September at the UN in New York. Website: lists.wcc-coe.org/ct.html?ufl=2&rtr=on&s=jazjt,y8c2,usx,j1em,60pm,33i2,4k2x Minute on Climate Justice adopted by the WCC 10th Assembly lists.wcc-coe.org/ct.html?ufl=2&rtr=on&s=jazjt,y8c2,usx,6h7f,dlf8,33i2,4k2x WCC’s work on climate justice and care for creation”: lists.wcc-coe.org/ct.html?ufl=2&rtr=on&s=jazjt,y8c2,usx,36tx,24sv,33i2,4k2x *** The World Council of Churches promotes Christian unity in faith, witness and service for a just and peaceful world. An ecumenical fellowship of churches founded in 1948, by the end of 2013 the WCC had 345 member churches representing more than 500 million Christians from Protestant, Orthodox, Anglican and other traditions in over 140 countries. The WCC works cooperatively with the Roman Catholic Church. The WCC general secretary is the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, from the [Lutheran] Church of Norway. You receive this information as a subscriber of our media list. You are registered with the address [email protected]. To review the selection of mailings that you receive please visit: lists.wcc-coe.org/ct.html?ufl=2&rtr=on&s=jazjt,y8c2,usx,cunf,hwu,33i2,4k2x To unsubscribe from ALL mailings distributed by the WCC (including newsletters of the Ecumenical Water Network, PIEF, EAPPI, EHAIA etc) send an email to: unsubscribe-39921@elabs5 World Council of Churches Media contact: +41 79 507 6363; oikoumene.org/press Visiting address: 150 route de Ferney,
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