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Climate change is priority advocacy issue for LWF. Climate Justice is also a crosscutting issue, which means that we want to address this topic at all levels and in different ways in our work.

We stand in solidarity with those already suffering from the effects of climate change and we raise this as a crucial issue of intergenerational justice.

An LWF delegation takes part in the UN's COP (Conference of the Parties) summit each year. Since the COP17 in Durban, South Africa, the delegation has been made up of mainly young women and men representing our seven regions and many different member churches.

Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert 
Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert 
Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert 
COP26: Online workshops for LWF delegates
event
15 Oct 2021
  • Climate
- All day
Erika Rodning from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada illustrates the lack of balance in finance of the global climate response during a stunt at COP25 in Madrid, Spain. Most of the finance is put into mitigation, some into adaptation, but very little into loss and damage, even though “that's where the people are
Erika Rodning from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada illustrates the lack of balance in finance of the global climate response during a stunt at COP25 in Madrid, Spain. Most of the finance is put into mitigation, some into adaptation, but very little into loss and damage, even though “that's where the people are
Erika Rodning from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada illustrates the lack of balance in finance of the global climate response during a stunt at COP25 in Madrid, Spain. Most of the finance is put into mitigation, some into adaptation, but very little into loss and damage, even though “that's where the people are
COP26: Climate crisis requires urgent action
news
14 Oct 2021
  • Unity
  • Justice
LWF delegates to COP25 taking place in Madrid, Spain, in 2019 preparing to join a march through the streets of central Madrid as part of a public contribution to the United Nations climate meeting, urging decision-makers to take action for climate justice. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
LWF delegates to COP25 taking place in Madrid, Spain, in 2019 preparing to join a march through the streets of central Madrid as part of a public contribution to the United Nations climate meeting, urging decision-makers to take action for climate justice. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
LWF delegates to COP25 taking place in Madrid, Spain, in 2019 preparing to join a march through the streets of central Madrid as part of a public contribution to the United Nations climate meeting, urging decision-makers to take action for climate justice. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
LWF delegation at COP26
event
14 Oct 2021
  • Climate
  • Youth
- All day
A young man holds a cross during morning prayer with the Lutheran World Federation delegates on day one of COP25 in Madrid. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
A young man holds a cross during morning prayer with the Lutheran World Federation delegates on day one of COP25 in Madrid. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
A young man holds a cross during morning prayer with the Lutheran World Federation delegates on day one of COP25 in Madrid. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
Pray for climate justice
event
6 Sep 2021
  • Climate
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COP25 in Madrid, 2019. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
COP25 in Madrid, 2019. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
COP25 in Madrid, 2019. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
COP26: Call for nominations to LWF youth delegation
event
5 Aug 2021
  • Climate
- All day
At the lagoon of Alegría, Usulután, El Salvador, water levels have dropped dramatically in the drought that is affecting the region. Here, where the water has receded hundreds of meters, a man carries a “cantaro” of water across the dry lagoon bed. The effect of climate changes in the Central American region are already extreme. Photo: LWF/Sean Hawkey
At the lagoon of Alegría, Usulután, El Salvador, water levels have dropped dramatically in the drought that is affecting the region. Here, where the water has receded hundreds of meters, a man carries a “cantaro” of water across the dry lagoon bed. The effect of climate changes in the Central American region are already extreme. Photo: LWF/Sean Hawkey
At the lagoon of Alegría, Usulután, El Salvador, water levels have dropped dramatically in the drought that is affecting the region. Here, where the water has receded hundreds of meters, a man carries a “cantaro” of water across the dry lagoon bed. The effect of climate changes in the Central American region are already extreme. Photo: LWF/Sean Hawkey
Dialogues to increase climate action - Session 4
event
12 May 2021
  • Climate
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At the lagoon of Alegría, Usulután, El Salvador, water levels have dropped dramatically in the drought that is affecting the region. Here, where the water has receded hundreds of meters, a man carries a “cantaro” of water across the dry lagoon bed. The effect of climate changes in the Central American region are already extreme. Photo: LWF/Sean Hawkey
At the lagoon of Alegría, Usulután, El Salvador, water levels have dropped dramatically in the drought that is affecting the region. Here, where the water has receded hundreds of meters, a man carries a “cantaro” of water across the dry lagoon bed. The effect of climate changes in the Central American region are already extreme. Photo: LWF/Sean Hawkey
At the lagoon of Alegría, Usulután, El Salvador, water levels have dropped dramatically in the drought that is affecting the region. Here, where the water has receded hundreds of meters, a man carries a “cantaro” of water across the dry lagoon bed. The effect of climate changes in the Central American region are already extreme. Photo: LWF/Sean Hawkey
Dialogues to increase climate action - Session 3
event
12 May 2021
  • Climate
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At the lagoon of Alegría, Usulután, El Salvador, water levels have dropped dramatically in the drought that is affecting the region. Here, where the water has receded hundreds of meters, a man carries a “cantaro” of water across the dry lagoon bed. The effect of climate changes in the Central American region are already extreme. Photo: LWF/Sean Hawkey
At the lagoon of Alegría, Usulután, El Salvador, water levels have dropped dramatically in the drought that is affecting the region. Here, where the water has receded hundreds of meters, a man carries a “cantaro” of water across the dry lagoon bed. The effect of climate changes in the Central American region are already extreme. Photo: LWF/Sean Hawkey
At the lagoon of Alegría, Usulután, El Salvador, water levels have dropped dramatically in the drought that is affecting the region. Here, where the water has receded hundreds of meters, a man carries a “cantaro” of water across the dry lagoon bed. The effect of climate changes in the Central American region are already extreme. Photo: LWF/Sean Hawkey
Dialogues to increase climate action - Session 2
event
12 May 2021
  • Climate
- All day
At the lagoon of Alegría, Usulután, El Salvador, water levels have dropped dramatically in the drought that is affecting the region. Here, where the water has receded hundreds of meters, a man carries a “cantaro” of water across the dry lagoon bed. The effect of climate changes in the Central American region are already extreme. Photo: LWF/Sean Hawkey
At the lagoon of Alegría, Usulután, El Salvador, water levels have dropped dramatically in the drought that is affecting the region. Here, where the water has receded hundreds of meters, a man carries a “cantaro” of water across the dry lagoon bed. The effect of climate changes in the Central American region are already extreme. Photo: LWF/Sean Hawkey
At the lagoon of Alegría, Usulután, El Salvador, water levels have dropped dramatically in the drought that is affecting the region. Here, where the water has receded hundreds of meters, a man carries a “cantaro” of water across the dry lagoon bed. The effect of climate changes in the Central American region are already extreme. Photo: LWF/Sean Hawkey
Dialogues to increase climate action - Session 1
event
12 May 2021
  • Climate
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