Dialogues to increase climate action - Session 1
Dialogues to increase climate action - Session 1
A four-part interactive series to raise climate ambition towards COP26
The Lutheran World Federation and ACT Alliance are jointly inviting climate advocates, specifically from the South and Central American regions, to this online series.
It focuses on the intersection between climate resilience, the implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC), and the COVID-19 pandemic on the climate agenda.
Representatives from the sciences, politics, and faith communities committed to climate action contribute to the dialogues.
Session 1 deals with the status of climate ambition towards COP26.
Event languages: Spanish, with simultaneous translation into English and Portuguese
Relevant Resources
The critical role of faith actors in national climate debate 26 June 2020 This LWF brochure explains the NDCs, and the rationale for the communion’s member churches and other faith-based actors to contribute to the process at both the local and national levels. Department for Theology, Mission and Justice Climate Justice postcards 8 June 2020 With examples taken from the LWFs advocacy work and projects in different countries, the postcard series portrays the connection between faith and the engagement for climate justice. Department for Theology, Mission and Justice Climate Finance for Addressing Loss and Damage 27 November 2019 The report introduces the climate justice criteria of mutuality, solidarity, accountability, and the transversal principle of transparency of finance for assessing financial sources to address loss and damage. Department for Theology and Public Witness (until 2019) Season of Creation - Celebration guide 2019 28 June 2019 This year, the theme for the season is biodiversity, God’s web of life. We invite you to consider the unique value of each creature in God’s wondrously complex web of life. Department for Theology and Public Witness (until 2019)
At the lagoon of AlegrÃa, Usulután, El Salvador, water levels have dropped dramatically in the drought that is affecting the region. Here, where the water has receded hundreds of meters, a man carries a âcantaroâ of water across the dry lagoon bed. The effect of climate changes in the Central American region are already extreme. Photo: LWF/Sean Hawkey
