Intergenerational Climate Justice fellow

About the Organization:

The WCC is a worldwide fellowship of churches, an international organization with 70 years of experience of uniting Christians in the common pursuit of justice and peace. Together with those of different faiths and others in the international community the WCC condemns the misuse of religion as a pretext for violence and creates platforms for peace and reconciliation. Through its 345 member churches the WCC has access to over half a billion Christians around the world to work at the grassroots for a more equitable society. The WCC’s Commission of Churches on International Affairs has a consultative status with the UN ECOSOC.

Since the 1970s, the WCC has helped develop the concept of sustainable communities. Since the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was adopted in 1992, the WCC has been present at all UN climate change conferences.

Over the years, the WCC helped foster a movement for climate justice touching millions of people around the world, including thousands of congregations in 120 countries.

In the past these efforts were only aimed at adults. Since 2015 the WCC has developed a new programme in collaboration with UNICEF - the "Churches' Commitments to Children". Commitment 3 focuses on churches efforts for climate justice though engagement of young people and capacity building for children and adolescents (SDG 13.2).

http://oikoumene.org/children

Position Description: 

1.Support capacity building on legal action for climate justice
2.Develop engaging advocacy and communication materials for social media promoting WCC's new handbook
for legal action with focus on financial actors
3. Support advocacy on the importance of Climate-Responsible Banking as a Moral Imperative towards
Children.
4.Support knowledge management for legal action project with focus on the role of financiers of new
fossil fuel expansion
5. Support research on the mental health impact of the climate emergency on children and youth
6. Supporting other WCC projects as needed

Desired Qualifications:

- communication skills and creativity for powerful innovative engagement on complex issues (popularisation of climate litigation)
- data management
- writing skills
- experience in climate solutions development
- legal knowledge would be an asset

Time Commintment: 28 hours/week