Taken from the Facebook Page 'Pray4COP21':
1 December
Yesterday saw many developments both in the Leaders Event and in side events. Today, the 1st of December, the actual COP negotiating sessions start. In addition the Lima Paris Action Agenda, which brings together state and nonstate actors for cooperative action around key issues, will hold events focused on forests and agriculture.
Fittingly, it’s also a day when many people will be taking part in prayer and fasting for the climate negotiations, as they have every 1st of the month since the Fast for the Climate movement was started after the Warsaw climate talks.
In the speech that inspired the Fast for the Climate Movement, Filipino negotiator Yeb Saño called for “real ambition and climate action.”
Please pray today:
in thanksgiving for Yeb Saño’s inspiration and all who have been
part of fasting and prayer for the climate over the past two
years
that the negotiations that begin today will lead to an agreement
that involves real ambition and climate action.
That the events on forests and agriculture will help to preserve
and protect earth’s forests, ensure the livelihoods of farmers
worldwide, and enable access to food for all people.
part of fasting and prayer for the climate over the past two
years
that the negotiations that begin today will lead to an agreement
that involves real ambition and climate action.
That the events on forests and agriculture will help to preserve
and protect earth’s forests, ensure the livelihoods of farmers
worldwide, and enable access to food for all people.
Dear Lord,
We see sea level rising in low Pacific Island Nations,
plants and animals becoming extinct,
birds changing their migration patterns,
and the flowering time of plants advancing.
We see sea level rising in low Pacific Island Nations,
plants and animals becoming extinct,
birds changing their migration patterns,
and the flowering time of plants advancing.
We also see that it is the poor
who are suffering the most
from the way that the rich world
is changing the climate
through overuse of fossil fuels and deforestation.
who are suffering the most
from the way that the rich world
is changing the climate
through overuse of fossil fuels and deforestation.
But today we have hope.
The preparatory meetings for the Paris negotiations
have gone further than any past meetings.
There is hope that a binding climate change treaty
can be drafted in Paris.
We pray in hope for a positive result.
The preparatory meetings for the Paris negotiations
have gone further than any past meetings.
There is hope that a binding climate change treaty
can be drafted in Paris.
We pray in hope for a positive result.
We ask this in Jesus’ name.
Prayer contributed by A Rocha UK from material written by Sir Ghillean Prance
May that hope be realised, may the politicians be brave and courageous in their decisions, may a united global benefit rather than individual point-scoring be the inspiration that fuels that courage, to lead to positive results that have benefits for now and for the future
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