{"id":4840,"date":"2024-02-15T13:27:36","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T18:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presbyterian.ca\/pwsd\/?page_id=4840"},"modified":"2024-11-22T14:58:02","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T19:58:02","slug":"climatejustice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/presbyterian.ca\/pwsd\/about-pwsd\/what-we-do\/climatejustice\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Justice\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4840\" class=\"elementor elementor-4840\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0a55db1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0a55db1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-90e2045\" data-id=\"90e2045\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a019658 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a019658\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-366a250\" data-id=\"366a250\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82436d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"82436d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Climate Justice <\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-30381c8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"30381c8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2c57840\" data-id=\"2c57840\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75b7b3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75b7b3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In recent years, the devastating impact of climate change has become ever more apparent\u2014with widespread and overwhelming consequences to our ecosystems, weather patterns and human lives. Human activities like deforestation and burning fossil fuels have caused a rapid increase in greenhouse gas emissions. This has resulted in rising global temperatures, more frequent and extreme weather events, and disturbances to our ecosystems and biodiversity, posing a threat to food and water security. Often, those who contribute the least to climate change are the ones who suffer the consequences the most.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As God\u2019s people, and recognizing the urgency of the situation, our responsibility to care for creation is evident.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Presbyterian Church states in<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/presbyterian.ca\/downloads\/33400\/?tmstv=1677343448\"><strong><em>Living Faith<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong>,<\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">we confess, \u201cWe are not owners, but stewards of God\u2019s good earth. Concerned with the well-being of all of life, we welcome the truths and insights of all human skill and science about the world and the universe. Our stewardship calls us to explore ways of love and justice in respecting God\u2019s creation and seeking its responsible use for the common good.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">By addressing climate change directly and taking intentional measures to mitigate its effects, we fulfill our duty as stewards and contribute to a sustainable environment, ensuring a healthier and more secure present and future for all.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-91aa6ac\" data-id=\"91aa6ac\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18572fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"18572fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/presbyterian.ca\/pwsd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Foto-dona-Victoria.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-4433\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/presbyterian.ca\/pwsd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Foto-dona-Victoria.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/presbyterian.ca\/pwsd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Foto-dona-Victoria-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/presbyterian.ca\/pwsd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Foto-dona-Victoria-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/presbyterian.ca\/pwsd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Foto-dona-Victoria-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9de1a55 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9de1a55\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e225fb7\" data-id=\"e225fb7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e34d120 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e34d120\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>PWS&amp;D\u2019s Response to Climate Change<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In collaboration with local partners, communities and coalitions, and as a part of our strategic plan, PWS&amp;D strives to develop and implement projects that address the immediate effects of climate change and work towards long-term solutions that improve communities&#8217; capacity to recover from environmental events. PWS&amp;D is dedicated to implementing sustainable solutions that mitigate environmental impacts and enable individuals and communities to adapt to the changing climate.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In Africa, we work with local partners to support capacity-strengthening workshops on climate change topics, such as developing climate resilience and community-led climate justice actions and advocacy. PWS&amp;D also supports local farmers through training in conservation agriculture, equipping them with the knowledge and skills necessary to increase their resilience to the impacts of climate change.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">With the ecumenical ACT Canada forum, PWS&amp;D is supporting a locally-led climate fund that is working to build and strengthen climate change interventions, while investing in local institutional and organizational capacity for climate advocacy and involving local communities in policy and planning processes.\u00a0Working with ACT Alliance forums in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe, this fund helps:<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-style: inherit; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">With natural resource management and climate advocacy activities, such as rehabilitation through the planting of indigenous tree species<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-style: inherit; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">Provide training to individuals on climate concepts, processes, and their complexities, which lead to community-led climate adaptation and resilience-building efforts.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In Latin America, through the efforts of local partners, innovative programming enables farm families to enhance crop yields and diversify their agricultural practices. Through these initiatives, farmers and communities build resilience to the impacts of climate change while fostering sustainable environmental practices. This includes teaching farmers soil conservation methods and promoting agricultural practices that demand less water, seed, and fertilizer.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In Asia, where the impacts of climate change are often felt through natural disasters such as droughts, PWS&amp;D is helping families train on \u2018climate-smart\u2019 agriculture to help ensure farmers can still grow crops despite the climate challenges and provide their families with food and an income.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-74d1b3d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"74d1b3d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7641505\" data-id=\"7641505\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ddd70b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ddd70b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #9d906b;\"><strong>These initiatives are aided by collaborative work through P<span style=\"color: #9d906b;\">WS&amp;D\u2019s<\/span> memberships at the following networks and coalitions:<\/strong><\/span><\/p><ul style=\"text-align: left;\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/actalliance.org\/climate-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ACT Alliance<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/climatechangeanddev.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canadian Coalition on Climate Change and Development<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/foodgrainsbank.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canadian Foodgrains Bank<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/fortheloveofcreation.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">For the Love of Creation<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oikoumene.org\/what-we-do\/care-for-creation-and-climate-justice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Council of Churches<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f27bf6e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f27bf6e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e396b5\" data-id=\"7e396b5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b96fca3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"b96fca3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1941\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1941\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Climate Change Resources<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1941\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1941\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/foodgrainsbank.ca\/resources\/?_resource_sidebar_categories=advocacy-policy-resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canadian Foodgrains Bank Resources<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/fortheloveofcreation.ca\/resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">For the Love of Creation Resources<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dInj8rOjhgQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Webinar: Loss and Damage<\/a>\u00a0<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/presbyterian.ca\/2024\/03\/12\/upcoming-webinar-climate-change-eco-anxiety-and-habits-of-hope\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Webinar: Climate Change, Eco-anxiety and Habits of Hope<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1942\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1942\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Advocacy Opportunities<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1942\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1942\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/presbyterian.ca\/justice\/social-action\/ecological-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PCC Social Action Hub \u2013 Ecological Justice<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/presbyterian.ca\/2024\/02\/16\/add-your-voice-and-give-it-up-for-the-earth-a-faith-based-climate-justice-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Add your voice and Give it up for the Earth!: A Faith-based Climate Justice Campaign<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-180c371 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"180c371\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6f5efcd\" data-id=\"6f5efcd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6239e84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6239e84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Watch the Loss and Damage video to understand the role of churches in fighting for communities who are losing their homes, livelihoods and culture to climate change. To learn more, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kairoscanada.org\/what-we-do\/ecological-justice\/climate-finance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit here.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d3c413f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d3c413f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ddd75f6\" data-id=\"ddd75f6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac5b731 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"ac5b731\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/Mig_LWSETNM?si=ffCfyFGNBcJXI3r6&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Climate Justice In recent years, the devastating impact of climate change has become ever more apparent\u2014with widespread and overwhelming consequences to our ecosystems, weather patterns and human lives. Human activities like deforestation and burning fossil fuels have caused a rapid increase in greenhouse gas emissions. 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