How We Work

The NCCA gathers together Churches and Christian communities which confess the Lord Jesus Christ as God and Saviour according to the Scriptures. We commit to deepen our relationship with each other and to work together towards the fulfilment of common witness, proclamation and service, to the glory of the one God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

PCC voices strong support for Vanuatu’s UN General Assembly Resolution to Implement the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change, Human Rights, and States’ Responsibilities which recognises the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, with collective and intergenerational dimensions.

The Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) offers strong, prayerful, and unequivocal support to the Government of Vanuatu and its cross-regional Core Group for the UN General Assembly Zero Draft (30 January 2026) resolution to welcome—and, critically, to implement—the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Advisory Opinion of 23 July 2025 on the obligations of States in respect of climate change. Rev. James Shri Bhagwan, General Secretary of the Pacific Conference of Churches, said:

The ICJ has made plain what Pacific communities have long lived: climate harm is a human rights and justice issue—and it engages legal responsibility. This resolution is the bridge from moral appeal to legal clarity, and now to faithful action.

We speak as churches of the Blue Pacific, part of the Pasifika Household of God. In the Tuākoi ‘Lei Declaration, Pacific churches named the truth of this hour: “We are no longer the ‘canary in the coal mine’ and time is running out for all of us.” Our cry for justice is not only for ourselves, but for God’s precious biodiversity—of which we are a part.

The ruling calls for States and relevant intergovernmental organisations to comply fully with their obligations as clarified by the Court including by:

  • keeping 1.5°C within reach through ambitious NDCs aligned with due diligence and equity;
  • adopting measures to ensure a rapid, just and quantified phase-out of fossil fuel production and use, and phasing out enabling finance (subsidies, insurance, export credits and other supportive flows);
  • protecting and restoring sinks and reservoirs, including forests, wetlands and ocean ecosystems;
  • ensuring the full, meaningful and equal participation of women, Indigenous Peoples, youth and other rights holders;
  • safeguarding continuity of statehood and legal certainty for maritime baselines and zones amid sea-level rise;
  • upholding dignity in climate mobility, including non-refoulement and protection pathways for climate-related cross-border displacement.