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Brigitte Bardot

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Greenpeace Greece,on COP30.

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Greenpeace Greece November 24, 2025  The outcome of COP30 is not what it should have been: there is no action plan to end deforestation and transition away from fossil fuels, while there has been no progress on climate finance. COP30 in Belem, Brazil, began with high hopes and promises, but ultimately ended without action plans to end deforestation and the burning of fossil fuels, as geopolitical disputes once again revealed a lack of connection with citizens who demanded climate action.  The first COP on the Amazon rainforest should have produced a plan to end deforestation by 2030 and limit global warming to 1.5°C by phasing out fossil fuels. But it did neither, and it did not result in a substantial increase in climate finance.   Despite a coalition of 90 countries pushing for an action plan to phase out fossil fuels, fossil fuels were not included in the final text. Ultimately, the governments of Colombia and the Netherlands announced that they would co-host the ...

World Council of Churches (WCC).

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 Religious leaders bear living witness to faith expressed at Nicaea 1700 years ago In an historic commemoration of the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council, faith leaders gathered in Nicaea—modern-day Iznik, Türkiye – on 28 November to mark the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council in the history of the church. World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay joined His All Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew and Pope Leo XIV for an ecumenical prayer service.  His All Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew noted the hope expressed through the sacred commemoration even in world with upheavals, difficulties, and divisions. “We are here to bear living witness to the same faith expressed by the fathers of Nicaea,” he said. “We return to this wellspring of the Christian faith in order to move forward. The power of this place does not reside in what passes away but in what endures forever.” Pillay shared a Gospel reading from John 17, which ...