The United States is missing from important climate talks - leaving our global neighbors without a vital partner in caring for creation.
From Nov. 10-21, 2025, global leaders gather in Brazil for the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) and the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement. COP30 will be a pivotal moment for countries to renew commitments to limit global warming and to ensure care and resilience for communities most impacted by climate change.
“According to Genesis 2:15, our role within creation is to serve and to keep God’s garden, the earth,” reads the ELCA social statement Caring for Creation: Vision, Hope, and Justice. Our wellbeing is bound together with that of our global neighbors, and these negotiations invite the United States to act faithfully and justly in response to its share of the global climate burden.
Together, let us call on our elected leaders to renew U.S. participation and engagement with the Paris Agreement —walking in accompaniment with those most affected by climate changes and working toward justice throughout all creation.
Our faithful action today helps remind our leaders that the United States must stand with, not apart from, the global family of creation. Take action here with your own message!
[Posted: 11/10/2025]
