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MEDIA ADVISORY KAIROS AND FAITH COMMUNITIES ACTIVE
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(Toronto) KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives and the World Council of Churches (WCC) are playing a lead role in ecumenical and interfaith representation and action at the United Nations Climate Change Conference which opens in Montreal today.
Faith groups such as the WCC and KAIROS are ensuring the unique perspectives of people of faith are brought to the historic meeting and are joining with other nongovernmental organizations in demanding urgent action to deal with climate change issues. An 80 member international ecumenical team has been assembled for joint action on issues.
In addition to sitting in and monitoring the official UN negotiations, KAIROS will be facilitating and participating in a number of side events including the following:
- December 3: Climate change workshop (10:30AM-1PM) with a particular focus on youth and young adults that highlights the impact of climate change on poor and vulnerable peoples; the responsibility of major polluting societies to take action to reduce emissions and to act in solidarity with those most affected by climate change; major issues in the negotiations among governments at the UN conference; strategies for faith communities to pursue climate justice.
- December 3: Civil Society mass demonstration through downtown Montreal beginning at 1PM. There will be similar demonstrations at major cities around the world.
- December 4: A major spiritual celebration, Un cri de la Terre/Call
of the Earth, at the beloved sacred shrine St. Joseph’s
Oratory www.saint-joseph.org/,
3800 Queen Mary Road, Montreal (doors open at 14.00h; service
begins at 14.30h).
This public multi-media event will include special music, images, dance and theatre. Children will play an important role, as will witnesses from regions seriously affected by climate change. The service, sponsored by the WCC, is organised by members of Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Muslim and Buddhist religious communities with the collaboration of Equiterre and Greenpeace. - December 6: a WCC sponsored side event on the Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change featuring a dialogue among parliamentarians and religious leaders.
Media Contact:
Adiat Junaid
Communications Coordinator
KAIROS Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives
(416) 463 5312 ext. 223
ajunaid
ajunaid
www.kairoscanada.org
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