United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP30)
Since 2015, The Episcopal Church has participated in the annual Conference of Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. In 2025, the 30th session of the Conference of Parties (COP30) will be held Nov. 10–21 in Belém, Brazil.
We invite all Episcopalians to participate in the Episcopal Church’s COP engagement:
We invite all Episcopalians to participate in the Episcopal Church’s COP engagement:
- Support the Anglican Communion’s COP30 engagement.
- Support and amplify leadership by Archbishop Marinez Bassotto, Anglican primate of Brazil and bishop of Belém, and the Indigenous delegation she will bring to COP30. Participants will include the Rev. Shaneequa Brokenleg, interim Indigenous missioner of The Episcopal Church.
- Support and promote Anglican Communion’s Lungs of the Earth campaign.
- Engage and participate in advocacy across various platforms as appropriate to their contexts:
- U.N. virtual participation and advocacy
- U.S. representation and advocacy
- Local advocacy
- Continue working toward global climate goals through local climate action.
- Episcopalians are invited to share stories and information about local action on their social media using hashtags #COP30, #EpiscoClimate, #EpiscopalUN and #EpiscopalAdvocacy. They can also send information to the Office of Creation Care.
Episcopal Church Policy Priorities for COP30
The Episcopal Church is committed to growing relationships across the human family and with all of God’s creation. Our commitment to the call of Jesus has led us to engage in mitigation and rightsizing our lives as individuals and in our ministries, standing with frontline communities in laboring for environmental justice, ending environmental racism, and finding a swift and just solution to the climate crisis.
The church’s COP30 policy priorities reflect these values and include:
- Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels
- Advocating for multilateral funding mechanisms that support transition away from fossil fuels.
- Encouraging a just transition toward renewable energy sources
Episcopal Church Events
Join these Episcopal Church-hosted events by registering at the links below. If you or your church is hosting a local event, please submit an event listing to the Episcopal News Service Events page and share with the Office of Creation Care.
- Oct 27, 2 p.m. EDT: Climate action and COP30 webinar. Register here
- Nov 10, 8 p.m. EST: Creation Care Compline. Register here – TBA
- Dec. 1, 2 p.m. EST: Climate action beyond COP30 webinar. Register here
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