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Conference charts path to biodiversity, climate justice in Africa
April 14, 2026
[World Council of Churches] As faith communities worldwide mark the first year of the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Decade of Climate Justice Action (2025–2034), scholars and church leaders convened at the University of Malawi in Zomba to ask a pressing question: how can religion drive structural transformation in the face of poverty, climate crisis and biodiversity loss across Africa? That question ran through every session of the 6th Sustainable Alternatives for Poverty Reduction and Ecological Justice International Conference in Zomba. Organised by the World Council of Churches, the Malawi Council of Churches, the University of Malawi and the University of Blantyre Synod, the April 9–10 event drew theologians, ecologists, economists and policy practitioners to the theme “Religion and Sustainable Development: Towards Biodiversity and Climate Justice in Africa.” Read the full article.