Australian Religious Response to Climate Change (ARRCC) is organising a series of events around Australia as as Pacific leaders gather in Fiji this October for the Pre-COP Summit to press for stronger climate leadership. This is a chance to show them that Australia’s faith communities are standing alongside them.Join the multi-faith movement for a Fossil Fuel Treaty
On Tuesday October 6th, faith communities across Australia will come together for a major national moment of public action, standing with our Pacific neighbours. There will be highly visible gatherings and giant banners at significant places of worship and other locations in cities across Australia. The more people who are there, the more powerful the message will be to our Pacific neighbours, the media and political leaders.
Save the morning of Tuesday October 6th and plan to be there.
Australia has a unique responsibility. As one of the world’s largest exporters of fossil fuels, we are also a close neighbour and partner of Pacific nations already experiencing the devastating impacts of climate change. Across Australia, people of faith are responding to a call from our Pacific neighbours to end the fossil fuel era.
Inspired by shared values of compassion, justice, care for creation and love for neighbours, ARRCC is building a national multi-faith movement that stands alongside Pacific neighbours and supports a planned global phase-out of fossil fuels.
Stand in solidarity with our Pacific neighbours
There are three simple ways to add your voice.
1. Join an event on Tuesday October 6th
Public gatherings will be held across Australia ahead of the Pre-COP Summit in Fiji.
Save the morning, find your local gathering and plan to be there. Events are being held in:
- Cairns · details TBC shortly
- Brisbane – 10am at St John’s Anglican Cathedral, 373 Ann St, Brisbane City
RSVP via FB Event here - Newcastle · 10am at Christ Church Cathedral, 52 Church St, The Hill, Newcastle
RSVP via FB Event here - Sydney · 10am at Leigh Memorial Uniting Church, 119 Macquarie St, Parramatta
RSVP via FB Event here - Melbourne · 10am at St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins St, Melbourne
RSVP via FB Event here - Adelaide · 9:15am Pilgrim Uniting Church, 12 Flinders St, Adelaide
RSVP via FB Event here - Perth · details TBC shortly
- Canberra TBC
2. Hold the Pre-COP Summit in prayer and reflection
Prayer and reflection 2–4 October
The 4th of October is the Feast Day of St Francis of Assisi, the final day of the Christian Season of Creation, and the day before the Pre-COP climate summit begins in Fiji.
On that day, the Pacific Conference of Churches will hold a service in Fiji as part of the opening of the Pre-COP. ARRCC is encouraging people across Australia to mark this important moment through prayer, meditation, reflection or another appropriate spiritual practice, holding our Pacific neighbours and the Pre-COP in our hearts.
For Christians, this will be part of the Christian Season of Creation and the Feast of St Francis. People of other faiths and spiritual traditions will be invited to mark the moment in ways appropriate to their own traditions in the days leading up to 4 October — for example, people in the Jewish community on Saturday 3 October and Muslims on Friday 2 October.
3. Sign the international multifaith Fossil Fuel Treaty petition
There are two versions — sign as an individual or faith leader, or sign on behalf of your institution.
If you’re able to bring this to your community or leadership team, an institutional signature carries particular weight: showing that entire communities, not just individuals, stand behind this call.
→ Sign as an individual or faith leader