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The Anglican Alliance is taking the long road to the United Nations climate change conference (COP21) in Paris next week. Alliance Co-Executive Director the Revd Andy Bowerman talks about his choice to go there by bicycle and the precious cargo he will be carrying in his saddlebags. 

The Anglican Alliance and Foundation Cristosal are inviting participants to a Spanish-English webinar led from Central and Latin America today on forced displacement, trafficking, and slavery.

Anglicans in Latin America and the Caribbean are readying to take concerted action together with other faith leaders to remove barriers to gender justice in their region.

The Diocese of North Eastern Caribbean & Aruba (NECA) in the Church in the Province of the West Indies is looking to tap into effective strategies in disaster risk reduction and management as part of the response to Tropical Storm Erika on the island of Dominica.

The Anglican Alliance is urging people across the Communion to join in a pilgrimage of reflection and prayer for climate justice on the way to the UN climate summit in Paris (COP21).

The Episcopal Anglican Church of Brazil (IEAB) is assisting families who have lost their homes following torrential rain and flooding in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, the Anglican Alliance has learned.

In the Bahamas, the Church in the Province of the West Indies is providing relief, trauma counselling and education in the wake of Hurricane Joaquin, and is mobilising to help communities rebuild, the Anglican Alliance has learned.

Anglicans from Brazil and Canada have joined community and church leaders from five countries in renewing a commitment to root theology in standing with vulnerable populations to protect the integrity of God’s Creation. 

On International Day for Disaster Reduction the Anglican Alliance are pleased to share a blog post from Episcopal Relief & Development gathering experiences from an Anglican international panel of experts on using the Pastors and Disasters toolkit. 

The Anglican Church in Ethiopia is continuing to assist refugees fleeing the conflict in South Sudan, according to reports last month from the Rt Revd Grant LeMarquand, Area Bishop for the Horn of Africa in the Diocese of Egypt with North Africa and the Horn of Africa.

The Anglican Church continues to respond to needs in the wake of Tropical Storm Erika on the Caribbean island of Dominica on 27 August, the Anglican Alliance has learned from the Diocese of North Eastern Caribbean & Aruba.

The General Secretary of Anglican Church of Tanzania shared his concern that parts of Tanzania have a food crisis looming, when he recently visited the Anglican Alliance office. He is eager that the Church should prepare for upcoming food shortages now.