Poverty, Wealth and Ecology in Europe Call for Climate Justice Call for Climate Justice Call for Climate Church and Society Commission of the Conference of European Churches 174 rue Joseph II 1000 Brussels Tel: + 32 2 230 17 32 Fax: + 32 2 231 14 13 e-mail :
[email protected] www.csc.ceceurope.org Poverty, Wealth andWealth Poverty, Ecology in Europe Conference of European Churches Church & Society Commission 2 Poverty, Wealth and Ecology in Europe Editor: Peter Pavlovic Language editor: Lois Hough Design: Quentin Du Four Illustration: www.jeanleclercqz.com Photographs: Nikos Kosmidis © Church and Society Commission of the Conference of European Churches 174 rue Joseph II 1000 Brussels Tel: + 32 2 230 17 32 Fax: + 32 2 231 14 13 e-mail :
[email protected] www.csc.ceceurope.org April 2011 Introduction 3 Call for Climate Justice The world is confronted with urgent challenges. The global impacts of climate change constitute the greatest threat to the future of our planet. The concurrence of climate change, limitation of fossil fuels, climate change induced migration, food crisis, water cri- sis, energy crisis, biodiversity crisis and the 2008-2009 financial and economic crisis, deepening the debt crisis affecting individuals and states, might be an indicator that the whole system of production, consumption, profit maximisation, poverty and ecological destruction prevailing in industrialised countries is running into a deep and open-ended transformation crisis. The concurrence of these crises calls for urgent action. To handle these challenges, extensive and radical changes are needed. These changes will have to be implemented locally, regionally, nationally and globally.