Living Planet Monitor - Climate Justice Action

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has launched the Living Planet Monitor that collects data on a wide variety of indicators about issues of land, water and food, and the impacts of climate change. It aims to encourage action on these basic elements of human survival and development, as well as the faith-based responses to these issues. It collects stories of grass-roots projects addressing these concerns.

It aims to provide a global outlook, regional perspectives, and the country situation. The first issue covers part of Africa. A second issue on other parts of Africa is due before the end of the year, and then they will look at South Asia.

While they come from a Christian perspective, they would like to receive examples of case studies from other faiths.

The WCC has also just launched the Ecumenical Decade of Climate Justice Action 2025-2034. The aim is to describe a spiritual journey of transformation, lamenting our present situation and cultivating a shift rooted in care for the creation. They want to change the unjust economic system, challenging governments and corporations and proposing practical responses, such as establishing the crime of ecocide, debt cancellation, and building community resilience. The website should soon be ready.