United Nations – The Pollinator: Creation Care Network News http://news.lwccn.com Headlines, opportunities and prayer needs from around the world. Fri, 10 Dec 2021 18:14:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://i0.wp.com/news.lwccn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/cropped-pollinator-icon.png?fit=32%2C32 United Nations – The Pollinator: Creation Care Network News http://news.lwccn.com 32 32 164541824 WEA Sustainability Center becomes part of the WEA Global Advocacy department http://news.lwccn.com/2021/12/wea-sustainability-center-becomes-part-of-the-wea-global-advocacy-department/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wea-sustainability-center-becomes-part-of-the-wea-global-advocacy-department Fri, 10 Dec 2021 18:14:15 +0000 http://news.lwccn.com/?p=1106 WEA Sustainability Center

The World Evangelical Alliance Sustainability Center (WEASC) based in Bonn/Germany has recently become part of the WEA Global Advocacy department. Over the past years, WEA’s engagement at the United Nations at key locations such as Bonn/Germany (Sustainability), Geneva (Human Rights) and New York (Peace, general UN liaison) has gained momentum leading to the creation of the Global Advocacy department to unite and coordinate these efforts. The department is led by Director Dr. Janet Epp Buckingham who has a doctorate in Public Law from the University of Stellenbosch/South Africa, is a Professor of Political Studies at Trinity Western University and lives in Ottawa/Canada. WEASC is co-led by Dr. Chris Elisara (San Diego/USA) and Matthias K. Boehning (Bonn/Germany.

]]> 1106 FAITH + FOOD DIALOGUES & UN FOOD SYSTEMS SUMMIT http://news.lwccn.com/2021/05/faith-food-dialogues-un-food-systems-summit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=faith-food-dialogues-un-food-systems-summit Wed, 05 May 2021 13:13:42 +0000 http://news.lwccn.com/?p=942

***NOTE: The first event below starts tomorrow, 6 May!***

This fall UN Secretary General António Guterres is convening a global food systems summit (dates TBA).  Summit preparation is well underway. The vision and goals for the summit have been set, and 5 action tracks are working toward the summit.

To help prepare for the summit, the WEA has been working with several other religious organizations as part of the Food + Faith Coalition to develop 5 Food + Faith Dialogues based on the summit’s 5 action tracks. These dialogues have been designed in collaboration with the UN and the action track leaders, who sincerely want to receive the input of religious groups and organizations. This is the first step in LWCCN’s engagement with the UN Food Systems Summit where we will present our Christian views. 

The first Food + Faith Dialogue: Food Security, Access and Justice is May 6th at 10 AM, EST (New York time). Please register at this link:

The other Food + Faith Dialogues are on May 13, May 20, May 27, and June 3.  To learn more, and register for all 5 Food + Faith Dialogues, go to this link.

A LWCCN UN Food Systems Summit Working Group to be convened in June. Further information will be announced in June’s Pollinator. If this is of interest please send us an email.

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