Karakia for our Climate is a youth led inter-church initiative calling the church in Aotearoa to pray about climate change.

You are invited to join prayer vigils during COP26 (31st Oct - 12th Nov) both on-line and in person around Aotearoa New Zealand to pray for our global leaders and for God’s creation.

The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, known as COP26, is a meeting of approx 200 world leaders and 30,000 delegates to drive ambition and action towards climate change. This meeting is crucial because the window to limit the impacts of global warming is rapidly closing. Some impacts such as sea level rise are already locked in for decades to come. The impacts of climate change will affect us all, but it will most directly impact low lying island nations, the most vulnerable in our communities and future generations.

This is a call for Christians across Aotearoa New Zealand to pray for climate action. Karakia for our Climate is holding prayer vigils to pray for our global leaders to increase their ambition and commitment towards securing global net zero emissions by 2050 and keeping to 1.5C degrees of warming. Join us as we pray for our global leaders, for climate justice, for humanity; for God’s creation.

This is part of a global movement led by Climate Intercessors (https://www.climateintercessors.org) and many others.

Events

Nationwide Karakia Service (via Zoom): 8pm Sunday 31st October (1 hour, including Rod Oram reporting in live from COP in Scotland)

Daily short online prayer (via FB live): 8pm each evening 1-11 November (20 minutes each. Visit the Facebook page at 8pm, no need to register)

Friday Night Vigils (in person) on 12 November:
• Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau: 7:30pm at St James Māngere Bridge
• Wellington/Te Whanganui-a-Tara: 6:30pm at St Peter’s Willis St
• Dunedin/Ōtepoti: 5:30pm at Knox Church

Links for the online services and the in-person events via: https://linktr.ee/karakiaforourclimate

Contact

Facebook: www.facebook.com/karakia4ourclimate
Email: karakiaforourclimate@gmail.com

Silvia Purdie
Christchurch Convenor, A Rocha Aotearoa NZ
027 242 1113