Our duty of care
Who We Are
Our Vision
Our Approach
Our Approach
Our vision at Faith and Climate Action is to create a community of spiritually-grounded activists willing to engage lovingly and strategically in nonviolent civil disobedience action in order to resist climate breakdown and help build a caring, inclusive, just and sustainable world.
Our Approach
Our Approach
Our Approach
Faith and Climate Action engages people of faith in nonviolent direct actions that put moral and political pressure on governments and corporations to stop funding and constructing heat-trapping pipelines that lack Indigenous consent.
Our Impact
Our Approach
Our Impact
Since 2023, Faith and Climate Action has trained hundreds of people in nonviolent action, mobilized hundreds of faith leaders, and engaged in multiple high-profile and impactful nonviolent actions targeting unsustainable actions by banks and government decision-makers.
Actions in 2025
Faith and Climate delivers "No pipelines" letter to Environment Minister on first day of COP30
Faith and Climate delivers "No pipelines" letter to Environment Minister on first day of COP30
Faith and Climate delivers "No pipelines" letter to Environment Minister on first day of COP30
On November 10 in Toronto, about 100 people of diverse religions attended a multifaith service, and then walked to Minister of Environment and Climate Change Julie Dabrusin's office to deliver a letter from faith leaders from across Canada. We called on her to show moral courage and humility at COP30 by committing to reject new pipelines that are incompatible with limiting heating to 1.5 degrees, and to accelerate the transition to clean renewable energy. Just one example of prayer and action!
Faith and Climate protestor speaks in court about climate emergency
Faith and Climate delivers "No pipelines" letter to Environment Minister on first day of COP30
Faith and Climate delivers "No pipelines" letter to Environment Minister on first day of COP30
On October 28, Kim Bradshaw defended herself for trespass charges arising from her participation in a 2024 Faith and Climate Action sit-in which shut down a Toronto RBC branch in protest of the bank's continued financing of fossil fuels despite the climate emergency. Kim said: "To be a good ancestor, I cannot sit by and let business as usual continue unchallenged." Trespassing charges were dropped, and the judge lauded Kim, saying "We have to fight for what is right."
Release of letter from 130 faith leaders opposing LNG pipelines
Release of letter from 130 faith leaders opposing LNG pipelines
Release of letter from 130 faith leaders opposing LNG pipelines
On September 25, Faith and Climate Action and Decolonial Solidarity released an open letter from 132 faith leaders urging government and corporate leaders to refrain from financing new LNG pipelines that are inconsistent with a livable future.
Mock Funeral and Sit-in at RBC Headquarters
Release of letter from 130 faith leaders opposing LNG pipelines
Release of letter from 130 faith leaders opposing LNG pipelines
On May 21, five members of Faith and Climate Action were arrested for sit-in at RBC headquarters calling for an end to the bank's financing of new fossil fuel pipelines