Title

World Council of Churches Endorses Fossil Fuel Divestment

Description

This message from the World Council of Churches (WCC) discuss their endorsement of fossil fuel divestment (2014 Geneva, Switzerland). WCC is one of a growing number of religious groups to support the fossil fuel divestment movement. The introduction is stated below:

"The Central Committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC), a fellowship of over 300 churches which represent some 590 million people in 150 countries, endorsed fossil fuel divestment this week, agreeing to phase out its own holdings and encourage its members to do the same."

World Council of Churches Endorses Fossil Fuel Divestment

Date Created

July 11, 2014

Format

Pdf

Denomination

Christian

Audience

All audiences/General public

(Church) Administrators

Rights

The original pdf version of this resource was accessed at https://fore.yale.edu/files/WCC.pdf on March 26, 2020.

Resources For Study

Official Religious Environmental Statements

Issues

english Climate

english Energy