I happened to be at the UN early one morning, to drop off information about a side panel discussion and noticed the sheer volume of discarded cups and half empty crumpled water bottles littering the tables in the…
It was a joy for me to be back in New York City. On 22 October, the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) had a reception to celebrate its 75th anniversary—75 years of helping to carry out the…
The LWF strategic approach to the United Nations (UN) Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism is aimed at not only sharpening engagement with the UN human rights process itself but also in building local…
By María Cristina Rendón, Program Assistant in Women in Church and Society
Room XVII at the United Nations in Geneva has witnessed hundreds of discussions on human rights, power-related issues, and the hopes and failures connected…
From 1-12 December 2014, members of the LWF Youth Delegation will be sharing their personal impressions of activities and events taking place during COP20 in Lima, Peru. The first in the series, blogger Jeff Buhse of ELCIC in Manitoba…
The delegation of the Lutheran World Federation at the UN climate talks COP20 in Peru have taken centre stage with powerful symbolic actions that have captured the imagination of media and negotiators.
Martha Spangler, member of the LWF delegation to COP20
I greeted more people than I could count this morning as busloads of observers, official delegates, and press from around the globe emptied out into the entrance of the…
I’ve been thinking a lot about equity and fairness, two terms used quite regularly in discussions regarding Mitigation, Adaptation, Loss and Damage, and contributions to the Green…
