World Renew COP30 participation in Brazil (November 10–21, 2025) brought faith-based perspectives into a global gathering of nearly 200 countries addressing the urgent challenge of climate change. Alongside global leaders, World Renew engaged partners and communities whose daily lives are already shaped by a changing climate—ensuring their voices, insights, and lived realities are part of this critical conversation.
Partners share frontline climate realities
At COP30, World Renew’s partner in Honduras, the Mennonite Social Action Commission (CASM), is actively sharing advocacy stories and amplifying the experiences of communities most affected by climate change.
These are not distant or abstract challenges. In countries like Honduras, families are already facing unpredictable rainfall, prolonged droughts, and more intense storms that disrupt farming, food systems, and livelihoods.
“When storms hit, they are more intense, damaging homes and fields,” shared World Renew Honduras staff member Rolando Pinzon. “So climate change isn’t a distant concept. It’s something people feel in their daily lives.”
In this context, the presence of partners like CASM at COP30 is vital to ensure that global decision-making remains grounded in the realities faced by those on the front lines.
Challenges and opportunities at COP30
COP30 reflects the complexity of global climate action. While the gathering brings thousands of participants together, offering space for collaboration, learning, and advocacy, the outcomes of formal negotiations can be slow or not align with the priorities of the various organizations represented there.
Still, the conference remains an important space for building relationships, strengthening partnerships, and advancing collective action across countries, organizations, and faith communities. Participants continue to explore how to move from commitments to implementation, ensuring policies lead to real change in people’s lives.
Faith and climate justice in action
For World Renew, participation in COP30 is not only about influencing global systems but also about equipping churches and communities in Canada and the United States to respond with faith and action. Climate justice is deeply connected to our calling—grounded in human dignity, equity, and care for creation.
You can be part of this work. Read more stories and blogs about how climate change is impacting communities, explore upcoming events to connect with others, or contact us to learn how you can advocate and take meaningful action.
