According to the Paris Agreement, the GGA aims for parties
to enhance adaptive capacity and resilience;
to reduce vulnerability, with a view to contributing to sustainable development;
and ensuring an adequate adaptation response in the context of the goal of holding average global warming well below 2 degrees Celsius and pursuing efforts to hold it below 1.5 degrees Celsius.
The side event provides a forum to discuss urgent adaptation action from science, practice, and policy perspectives, building the global understanding of adaptation and shaping multilateral momentum.
It advocates for effective adaptation policies at the core of global climate decision-making and for ensuring gender justice.
Speakers:
James Bhagwan (Pacific Conference of Churches)
Adriana Vásques (La Ruta del Clima)
Patricia Nying'uru (IPCC Focal Point, Kenya & G77 Science focal point)
A reform of global governance and a commitment to safeguarding the future of the planet and its inhabitants: that is what civil society organizations, including LWF delegates, are discussing as they look ahead to the UN Summit of the Future…
A new diploma course, “Addressing Climate-Induced Loss and Damage through Climate Justice”, will enhance the capacity to advocate climate justice nationally and globally.
A seminar in Assisi asks whether a Feast of Creation could become a pivotal part of the church’s liturgical calendar alongside the celebrations of Christmas and Easter
LWF member churches in Latin America have advocated for “Free Rivers,” criticizing the environmental and social impacts caused as well as the amount of land that large dams and industrial plants use along the Uruguay River.
Young Adults at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America offer Lenten reflections and practical suggestions for strengthening environmental protection policies
“God’s creation is threatened,” said the Leading Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany, Kristina Kühnbaum-Schmidt, in her call to use Lent to consider “how we can be more frugal and mindful in our use of resources.”
What tasks and actions arise for the LWF member churches from the message and other results of the Thirteenth Assembly? Two German churches explored this together at a joint event.
Preserving habitats for people and nature and experiencing hope and energy in the process is what Bishop Bilz and youth from the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony, Germany, experienced in a joint project.
