1. Some WCC Resources on These Issues HALLMAN,DavidG.(ed.),Ecotheology. Voices from South and North,Geneva/NewYork,WCC/ Caring for OrbisBooks,1994. RASMUSSEN,LarryL.,Earth community, earth Creation ethics,Geneva,WCC,1996.Time for climate justice HALLMAN,DavidG., Spiritual values for earth community,Geneva,WCC,2000. Checkforstatementsandotherdocuments, includingthedossier,Climate Change and the World Council of Churchesathttp://oikoumene.org/climatechange.Kevin Connors The receding Franz Josef Glacier in Southern New Zealand. What can you do? Engagewithyourlocalchurchonactivities whichcareforcreation. Prayforthosemostvulnerabletoclimatechange consequences.Remember1September 4October2009isTimeforCreationandvisit http://oikoumene.org. TolearnmorewhattheWCCisdoingoncare forcreationandclimatechangeandsupportthis work,visittheWCCwebsiteat http://oikoumene.org/climatechange. SubscribefreeforWCCclimatechangeupdates attheWCCwebsite:http:/ /oikoumene.organd clickonSign-upfore-news. JointheEcumenicalCountdowntoCopenhagen Campaignandsigntheinternationalpledgeat http:/ /countdowntocopenhagen.org. Joinotherswhoworktosavetheearthand callforanambitious,fairandbindingdealinFor more information: Copenhagen.See,thetck,tck,tckcampaign,NASA/courtesy of nasaimages.orgGuillermo Kerber http://tcktcktck.org,inwhichtheWCCparticipates. E-mail: gkm@wcc-coe.orgTel: +41 22 791 64 24

2. The effects ofsocietyorganizationstobemoreeffectiveintheiractionandadvocacyforclimatejustice.climate change are Theurgencyof thesituationcallspeoplesandchurchestoactimmediately.Thisactionforbeing experienced climatejusticeshouldbeseenaspartof thecalltoconversion,whichimpliesaprofoundchangedramatically in intherelationshipwithnature,economicpolicies,consumption,productionanddevelopmentpatterns.some countries andSharing and Advocatingregions of the world,particularly in Africa, TheWCCeffortshavecombinedthesharingof initiativesdevelopedbychurchesandotherthe Caribbean, theecumenicalpartnerswithadvocacyrelatedtotheUnitedNations.ChurchesareincreasinglyaddressingPacific and South thecausesandconsequencesof climatechange.TheWCCdelegationshaveadvocatedatallConferenceEast Asia.of Parties(COP)of theUNFrameworkConventiononClimateChange,havingsubmittedstatements, ComprehensivepoliciesareurgentlyneededTheinspirationandcalltoorganizedside-eventsandecumenicalandinter-topromoteadaptationprogrammesincountries careforcreationandaddress religiouscelebrations.severelyaffectedbyclimatechange.Atthesame climatechangearerootedinthetimestrongmitigationmeasures(especiallythroughBible,whichteachesthewholenessthereductionof CO2emissions)shouldbetaken of creation.Godcreateshumantoreversetheincreasingglobalwarming.Christianbeingsandchargeshumanitytocareforchurchesaredeeplyengagedintheseendeavours. theearth,tobestewardsof it(Genesis1:28). TheClimateChangeprogrammeof theWorldThewholecreationhasbeengroaningasintheCouncilof Churchesstartedin1988,asafollow-painsof childbirthrightuptothepresenttimeupof theworkdoneonsustainablecommunities (Romans8:22).beginninginthemid70s.Theseeffortsbrought FromaChristianecumenicalperspectiveclimateenvironment,economicandsocialconcernstogether. changeisapproachedinaholisticwaytakingitsTheConvocationonJustice,PeaceandIntegrityof differentdimensions(environmental,social,politicalCreation,heldinSeoul,Korea,in1990,framedworkandcultural)intoconsideration.whichhascontinueduptonow. Climatechangeisalsoamatterof justice,asthosewhoareandwillincreasinglybeaffectedare theimpoverishedandvulnerablecommunitiesof theA Biblical and Ethical ImperativeglobalSouthwhodonothavethemeanstoadaptto thechange(MinuteonGlobalWarmingandClimateWhencreationisthreatenedbyclimatechangechurchesChange,WCCCentralCommittee,Geneva,Feb.2008).andChristiansarecalledtospeakoutandactasan Nowisthetimeforclimatejustice.TheWCCexpressionof theircommitmenttolife,justiceandlove. hasjoinedchurches,otherecumenicalactorsandcivil Niksa ArneCO2 emissions are one of the most prevalent causes of global warming. Kiribati, 2005: king tides wash over islands.