Commission on Climate Justice and Sustainable Development
The World Council of Churches created the Commission on Climate Justice and Sustainable Development (CCJSD) to address the climate crisis and promote efforts to achieve the UN’s sustainable development goals. The WCC is an ecumenical fellowship of 352 churches from more than 120 countries, representing over 580 million Christians worldwide. WCC members include most of the world’s Orthodox churches, scores of Anglican, Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist and Reformed churches, and many United and Independent churches.
The Commission serves as a platform for faith-rooted and evidence-based actions responding to the impacts and roots of the intertwined ecological and economic emergencies. The commission mobilizes member churches to take urgent, effective, and holistic actions to respond to the climate emergency and broader economic and ecological crises in collaboration with other like-minded actors. The commission calls attention to gaps and challenges in addressing issues of ecological and economic injustice — and proposes concerted, effective, and timely action by member churches and ecumenical partners in their communities, countries, and
internationally.
The Commission operates through several working groups: Climate Justice; Economy of Life; Creation and Biodiversity Justice; Land, Water and Food Justice; and Ecumenical Diakonia and the Sustainable Development Goals. Each working group has commenced its work and is guided by an annual action plan. The Land, Water, and Food Justice working group, e.g., will be convening a global consultation on 29 May in Geneva to address critical interlinkages between land, water, and food security through a rights-based approach. To register, click https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcvdu2spjwoHtdyAQPdMuV6lco5hBNoBClm#/registration. For more information, visit https://oikoumene.org/events/wcc-consultation-on-interconnected-challenges-of-land-water-and-food
