Working with Allies.
Working with allies of goodwill who care for creation.
Partnerships with allies of goodwill—including organizations, cities, and multilateral bodies such as the United Nations—to achieve greater impact caring for creation and people.
The Thriving Cities Initiative
As the world urbanizes, WEA-SC has pioneered Christian placemaking — working with UN-Habitat and a global coalition since the 2018 "Gospel and the Future of Cities" statement through today's Faith for Cities work.
Explore the initiative →WEA Climate Ambassador
Dr. Katharine Hayhoe.
Dr. Katharine Hayhoe
WEA Climate Ambassador
Dr. Hayhoe was invited to be the WEA's Climate Ambassador after many years observing her work, collaborating with her on various projects, and seeing her influence on this issue grow. Be it helping world leaders, national and local leaders, scientific bodies, church leaders, or the average person sitting in a classroom, at a kitchen table, or in a pew, Dr. Hayhoe has a gift for helping people grapple with the tough issue of climate change in a positive, yet tough minded and practical way. She is a person who makes a difference by reaching people through her unique mix of knowledge—biblical and scientific, compassion, wisdom, and practical sense.
Dr. Hayhoe didn't need the WEA to become a global ambassador for climate change, she was already operating in this capacity as an exemplary scholar, advocate, and Christian in this arena. Rather, the WEA asked Dr. Hayhoe how we could bless and support the climate work she was already doing. Through that partnership, we also sought to encourage evangelicals around the world to take up their part in responding faithfully to a changing climate—working to limit further warming while preparing communities to face its impacts with courage, compassion, and hope.
WEA is simply recognizing Dr. Hayhoe's God-given gifts and vocation, which we understand to be offered not only in service to the evangelical community of which she is an active member, but to the whole Church, all people, and all God's creation.
Visit katharinehayhoe.com →The WEA is grateful to work with Dr. Hayhoe who is able to assist the WEA's climate work through:
- Providing scientific advice and council regarding climate change.
- Sharing helpful resources she develops.
- Collaborating on select climate projects.
- Promoting the WEA's climate projects.
The WEA assists Dr. Hayhoe through:
- Encouraging the evangelical community to pray for Dr. Hayhoe.
- Collaborating on select climate projects.
- Promoting Dr. Hayhoe's events and work to the evangelical community, to the wider body of Christ, and to the world.
Join us in prayer
Pray for Dr. Hayhoe.
Here are some prayer suggestions:
- Pray for the health and wellbeing of Dr. Hayhoe and her family.
- Pray for Dr. Hayhoe's research, writing, speaking, and the projects she's working on.
- Pray that Dr. Hayhoe walks closely with Jesus as she continues to grow as his disciple.
- Working to keep global climate temperature rise as low as possible, helping people prepare for a changing climate, and fighting for climate justice can be very trying work. Pray Dr. Hayhoe experiences joys, encouragements, and breakthroughs in her work.
To pray for her speaking events and projects follow Dr. Hayhoe on Twitter, Facebook, or check with her website.
Joint statements & convenings
Speaking with a unified voice, together with allies.
An Evangelical Call to Action on Biodiversity
Written for the UN's 2020 biodiversity summit with the Lausanne/WEA Creation Care Network and A Rocha International — ten calls to action for evangelicals, from lament and repentance to collaboration and restoration.
Read the full statement →Good News for All The Earth: The Korean Invitation
Drafted with ~150 delegates from 40+ countries following the 4th Lausanne Congress, building on the Lausanne Covenant, Cape Town Commitment, and Gospel and the Future of Cities — an invitation to urgent action across seven domains of life.
Read the statement →Faith Pavilion & the Cairo Call to Action
WEA-SC co-hosted the first Faith Pavilion at UN-Habitat's World Urban Forum — "the fruit of over a decade of engagement with UN-Habitat" — releasing the Cairo Call to Action at a UN Media Center press conference.
Read about the Faith Pavilion →The WEA's official statements on creation care
From the 2008 Statement on the Care of Creation through the Cape Town Commitment, the Jamaica Call to Action, and beyond — the WEA's complete chronological record of official positions.
View all statements →A decade-plus at the table
Where we've shown up.
A history of WEA-SC's engagement with UN-Habitat and the UN climate process — not a live events calendar, but a record of sustained presence.
UN Climate Change Conferences
WEA issued a statement welcoming the Paris Agreement (2015) and joined Christian partners at COP26 in Glasgow (2021), highlighting the role of churches and believers in caring for God's creation.
The Gospel and the Future of Cities
Convened at Habitat III in Quito (2016), released as a Call to Action at UN-Habitat's World Urban Forum 9 (2018) — see the full story on the Thriving Cities Initiative page.
A seat at UN-Habitat's SDG Cities Initiative
Dr. Chris Elisara led an official side event mobilizing multi-faith organizations as implementation partners for SDG 11.
The plastics treaty & SDG summit season
Engagement across the INC-2 plastics treaty talks (Paris), the Second UN-Habitat Assembly (Nairobi), the Climate Ambition and SDG Summits (New York), and COP28 (Dubai) — WEA-SC's first Faith Pavilion at a UN climate conference.
Faith for Cities & the Faith Pavilion
The Faith Pavilion at WUF12 in Cairo and the Cairo Call to Action mark the next chapter — with an Urban Thinkers Campus and a larger presence planned for WUF13 in Baku.
Global partners
Organizations we work alongside.
Partner with us
Bring your organization, city, or institution alongside.
Explore the Thriving Cities Initiative, read our joint statements, or get in touch to discuss a partnership.