Earth Summit: Rio+20

“With hope, audacity and renewed faith, I call on the Anglican Communion around the world to assume their prophetic duty to ‘take care of Creation.”
– Brazilian Primate, the Most Rev. Mauricio Andrade

Rio’s Christ the Redeemer statue: a symbol for Christian support of the UN’s Conference on Sustainable Development.

The Earth Summit, the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development will be held in Rio June 13 to 22 to discuss a green economy and an institutional framework for sustainable development. The event will gather leaders from governments, the private sector and NGOs. As Christians, what can we do to participate in Rio+20?

What can we do?

Rio+20 Resource Pack

A new resource pack, produced by the Anglican Alliance—a global Communion network focusing on development, relief, and advocacy—has been compiled to help Anglicans learn about and pray for Rio+20.

Find out more…

See the Anglican Church of Canada’s article on Rio+20, Anglicans take action at UN’s Rio+20 to find out more about the conference and the ways we can lend our support and make a difference in our world today as Christians.

For more information and resources, follow these links to:

• access the Rio+20 resource pack
• learn about the World Council of Churches’ work to support Rio+20
• visit the People’s Summit website