We bring you a longer piece than usual: news of a blessing and celebration event of LWCCN’s LWCCN’s Korean Invitation: Good News for All the Earth, written by Laura Meitzner Yoder. Laura is the John Stott Chair and Director for the Program in Human Needs and Global Resources at Wheaton […]
Categories: Meetings
14 posts
In our last Pollinator issue, we drew your attention to critical reflections on COP29—the 29th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference, the key global summit addressing challenges and issues of climate change of our time, by climate scientist Dr. Katharine Hayhoe and a statement from the World Council of Churches […]
Climate Intercessors is a global network “of people whose prayers are as real and urgent as the climate crisis.” Across six continents, we began gathering online since November 2020 during the week that the important COP26 climate summit was postponed due to the pandemic. It genuinely felt like we were […]
HAPPENING SOON!! Mark your calendars! The 4th Lausanne Congress and the Global Creation Care Forum (GCCF) were both important for the future of creation care globally. Don’t miss this update from those who were there! Leaders from around the world will share their reflections on both these events. We will also introduce […]
In our last Pollinator issue, Dave Bookless wrote about COP16, the 16th global gathering on biodiversity. Now COP29—the 29th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference – has just finished. It was an important meeting, thought disappointing and disturbing in many ways. Here are two immediate and thought-provoking pieces. We will […]
(Editor’s Note: We sincerely apologise for how belatedly you are receiving this news!) We would like to draw your attention to an A Rocha-hosted conversation by Dr Rodel Lasco, A Rocha International Trustee and Director of the Oscar M Lopez Center. Rodel is a member of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel […]
We bring you this thought-piece by Lausanne Catalyst and A Rocha’s Director of Theology, Dave Bookless. By the time you get this issue of The Pollinator, COP16 in Cali, Colombia will have concluded. But what is ‘the other COP’ and why does it matter to us as Christians … and […]
In 2001 the United Nations established the World Urban Forum (WUF), the world’s premier conference on urban issues. When the 12th WUF opens in Cairo, Egypt, on November 4th, it will include an historic first, a Faith Pavilion. WUF12’s Faith Pavilion is the latest development of a decade-long engagement and trust building between UN-Habitat and […]
LWCCN (the Lausanne / World Evangelical Alliance Creation Care Network) which sends out The Pollinator, came into existence after the 3rd Lausanne Congress in Cape Town in 2010. That Congress produced ‘The Cape Town Commitment’ including the now famous words, “Creation care is a Gospel issue within the Lordship of […]
Did you manage to catch the LWWCN webinars on ‘Engaging Churches with Creation Care’ led by Kuki Rokhum and ‘Urban Placemaking’ led by Chris Elisara with others? Many have commented how helpful both these webinars were in providing handles and perspective in dealing with very real issues! We’ll be sure […]