From June 18 to June 20 people from all over the world came to Toronto for the 2010 Peoples’ Summit to talk with and learn from one another in this time leading up to the G20 Summit. They came because they care passionately about vulnerable communities all over the world that are suffering from poverty, the climate crisis, violence and war. They want the leaders of the world, especially the developed world, to wake up to the reality of mass suffering and to address these issues in a meaningful way. It was a privilege to participate alongside these diverse and dedicated people. For more details on the People’s Summit click here to read the blog of the event. Find the declaration here .

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While the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meet at their annual May/June intercessional meeting in Bonn, the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), has put forward reasons why Africa opposes the Copenhagen Accord.  PACJA has voiced the un-transparent and undemocratic manner the Accord was established. It therefore takes the firm stance that Africa should neither accept replacement of the Kyoto Protocol nor its merger with a new agreement. Click here  for the document. In addition, read a summary of Africa’s science based position on climate change.

“We delegates of various Churches across the African continent under the auspices of the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) and the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), met from 21 – 23 May 2008 to review the aid reform process as articulated in the Paris Declaration, at the Archbishop Desmond Tutu Ecumenical Centre in Nairobi, Kenya.”

Read the full statement .