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![13 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: People gather for a sit-in demonstration at COP25, to claim space for a range a groups whose voices are not often listened to in the space of global climate negotiations: youth, women, frontline communities, indigenous communities. 'Is COP25 forgetting about the people?' they asked through a series of placcards. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I00006n3smwb_ReU/fill=/fit=250x250/I00006n3smwb_ReU.jpg)
![4 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: People gather for a demonstration at COP25 in Madrid, under the slogan of 'Make Them Pay', urging that the big polluters of the world cease to pollute, while helping to finance efforts for climate justice. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I00002G2p0uYnPos/fill=/fit=250x250/I00002G2p0uYnPos.jpg)
![1 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Muslim woman Hana Elabdallaoui participates as representatives of various faiths gather in the Iglesia de Jesús (Church of Christ) of the Iglesia Evangélica Española (Evangelical Church of Spain) for an interfaith dialogue and prayer service on the eve of the United Nations climate conference (COP25) in Madrid, Spain. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000HSauyQy_QaI/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000HSauyQy_QaI.jpg)
![13 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: As COP25 is about to draw to a close, hundreds of young people mobilize through Fridays for Future in a strike for the climate, inside and outside the venue of COP25 in Madrid, calling for urgent action for climate justice. Here, marching out from the COP25 venue to join other Fridays for Future strikers in the streets of Madrid. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000lqh.qz8oZQ8/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000lqh.qz8oZQ8.jpg)
![13 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Young people chant and raise their hands, in an action at COP25. As COP25 is about to draw to a close, hundreds of young people mobilize through Fridays for Future in a strike for the climate, inside and outside the venue of COP25 in Madrid, calling for urgent action for climate justice. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000XZOhFY5YJWQ/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000XZOhFY5YJWQ.jpg)
![13 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Young people show the palms of their hands, on which they have drawn eyes, in an action at COP25.. As COP25 is about to draw to a close, hundreds of young people mobilize through Fridays for Future in a strike for the climate, inside and outside the venue of COP25 in Madrid, calling for urgent action for climate justice. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000on9eeRVols0/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000on9eeRVols0.jpg)
![13 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: As COP25 is about to draw to a close, hundreds of young people mobilize through Fridays for Future in a strike for the climate, inside and outside the venue of COP25 in Madrid, calling for urgent action for climate justice. Here, marching out of the COP25 venue to join other Fridays for Future strikers in the streets of Madrid. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000ynVgDH5vUVQ/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000ynVgDH5vUVQ.jpg)
![13 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: As COP25 is about to draw to a close, hundreds of young people mobilize through Fridays for Future in a strike for the climate, inside and outside the venue of COP25 in Madrid, calling for urgent action for climate justice. Here, marching out from the COP25 venue to join other Fridays for Future strikers in the streets of Madrid. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000Kc2CWNn7uIg/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000Kc2CWNn7uIg.jpg)
![13 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: As COP25 is about to draw to a close, hundreds of young people mobilize through Fridays for Future in a strike for the climate, inside and outside the venue of COP25 in Madrid, calling for urgent action for climate justice. Here, Saoirse O'Connor holds a sign reading 'The Emperor has no Clothes', as they march out of the COP25 venue to join other Fridays for Future strikers in the streets of Madrid. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000rlTOEx6RDr4/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000rlTOEx6RDr4.jpg)
![13 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Young people show the palms of their hands, on which they have drawn eyes, in an action at COP25.. As COP25 is about to draw to a close, hundreds of young people mobilize through Fridays for Future in a strike for the climate, inside and outside the venue of COP25 in Madrid, calling for urgent action for climate justice. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000obY6yG63cTo/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000obY6yG63cTo.jpg)
![13 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Young people rally at COP25. As COP25 is about to draw to a close, hundreds of young people mobilize through Fridays for Future in a strike for the climate, inside and outside the venue of COP25 in Madrid, calling for urgent action for climate justice. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000BWcQxibNOdk/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000BWcQxibNOdk.jpg)
![13 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: People gather for a sit-in demonstration at COP25, to claim space for a range a groups whose voices are not often listened to in the space of global climate negotiations: youth, women, frontline communities, indigenous communities. 'Is COP25 forgetting about the people?' they asked through a series of placcards. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000SxXf_Yq1_R0/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000SxXf_Yq1_R0.jpg)
![10 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: A group of indigenous leaders set out to deliver a climate letter to the COP25 presidency, demanding that indigenous voices be heard in climate process at COP25 in Madrid. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000XtSbcPBly_o/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000XtSbcPBly_o.jpg)
![6 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Lutheran World Federation delegate to COP25 Erika Rodning from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada livestreams an interview with LWF vice president for Latin America Nestor Friedrich as faith-based participants from the Lutheran World Federation, the World Council of Churches and the ACT Alliance join in as thousands upon thousands of people march through the streets of central Madrid as part of a public contribution to the United Nations climate meeting COP25, urging decision-makers to take action for climate justice. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000fN4jztEUdOU/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000fN4jztEUdOU.jpg)
![13 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: As COP25 is about to draw to a close, hundreds of young people mobilize through Fridays for Future in a strike for the climate, inside and outside the venue of COP25 in Madrid, calling for urgent action for climate justice. Here, Saoirse O'Connor (centre) leads the way. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000CzkKPIt1xPQ/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000CzkKPIt1xPQ.jpg)
![13 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: As COP25 is about to draw to a close, hundreds of young people mobilize through Fridays for Future in a strike for the climate, inside and outside the venue of COP25 in Madrid, calling for urgent action for climate justice. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000a3bkEt4_kUg/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000a3bkEt4_kUg.jpg)
![13 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: As COP25 is about to draw to a close, hundreds of young people mobilize through Fridays for Future in a strike for the climate, inside and outside the venue of COP25 in Madrid, calling for urgent action for climate justice. 'Oh, oh. Take me by the hand. Strong in solidarity we stand. Fight for climate justice, fight for climate justice...', they chant. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I00001EjTBKPZT4E/fill=/fit=250x250/I00001EjTBKPZT4E.jpg)
![13 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: As COP25 is about to draw to a close, hundreds of young people mobilize through Fridays for Future in a strike for the climate, inside and outside the venue of COP25 in Madrid, calling for urgent action for climate justice. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000MUuLa96aN4k/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000MUuLa96aN4k.jpg)
![13 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: As COP25 is about to draw to a close, hundreds of young people mobilize through Fridays for Future in a strike for the climate, inside and outside the venue of COP25 in Madrid, calling for urgent action for climate justice. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000vj8VkvQjTtI/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000vj8VkvQjTtI.jpg)
![13 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: As COP25 is about to draw to a close, hundreds of young people mobilize through Fridays for Future in a strike for the climate, inside and outside the venue of COP25 in Madrid, calling for urgent action for climate justice. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000fax9230PmCk/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000fax9230PmCk.jpg)
![10 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: An indigenous woman blows incense, as a group of indigenous leaders set out to deliver a climate letter to the COP25 presidency, demanding that indigenous voices be heard in climate process at COP25 in Madrid. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I00009WdkiRtnzrY/fill=/fit=250x250/I00009WdkiRtnzrY.jpg)
![13 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: As COP25 is about to draw to a close, hundreds of young people mobilize through Fridays for Future in a strike for the climate, inside and outside the venue of COP25 in Madrid, calling for urgent action for climate justice. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I00006kqDZpmEAJA/fill=/fit=250x250/I00006kqDZpmEAJA.jpg)
![13 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: As COP25 is about to draw to a close, hundreds of young people mobilize through Fridays for Future in a strike for the climate, inside and outside the venue of COP25 in Madrid, calling for urgent action for climate justice. Here, an indigenous woman holds a sign illustrating the lack of human rights language in Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000zA741U1wvwE/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000zA741U1wvwE.jpg)
![13 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: As COP25 is about to draw to a close, hundreds of young people mobilize through Fridays for Future in a strike for the climate, inside and outside the venue of COP25 in Madrid, calling for urgent action for climate justice. Here, an indigenous woman holds a sign reading 'OK, Colonizer'. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000u9JLH_HXQb4/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000u9JLH_HXQb4.jpg)
![13 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: As COP25 is about to draw to a close, hundreds of young people mobilize through Fridays for Future in a strike for the climate, inside and outside the venue of COP25 in Madrid, calling for urgent action for climate justice. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000q0_sMoYctjI/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000q0_sMoYctjI.jpg)
![13 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: As COP25 is about to draw to a close, hundreds of young people mobilize through Fridays for Future in a strike for the climate, inside and outside the venue of COP25 in Madrid, calling for urgent action for climate justice. Here, Saoirse O'Connor holds a sign reading 'The Emperor has no Clothes'. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000xZi_kBXUyiE/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000xZi_kBXUyiE.jpg)
![13 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: As COP25 is about to draw to a close, hundreds of young people mobilize through Fridays for Future in a strike for the climate, inside and outside the venue of COP25 in Madrid, calling for urgent action for climate justice. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I00008LDiMHGnzrk/fill=/fit=250x250/I00008LDiMHGnzrk.jpg)
![13 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: As COP25 is about to draw to a close, hundreds of young people mobilize through Fridays for Future in a strike for the climate, inside and outside the venue of COP25 in Madrid, calling for urgent action for climate justice. 'Oh, oh. Take me by the hand. Strong in solidarity we stand. Fight for climate justice, fight for climate justice...', they chant. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000WpV1J0ZAD2g/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000WpV1J0ZAD2g.jpg)
![13 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: As COP25 is about to draw to a close, hundreds of young people mobilize through Fridays for Future in a strike for the climate, inside and outside the venue of COP25 in Madrid, calling for urgent action for climate justice. Here, Saoirse O'Connor holds a sign reading 'The Emperor has no Clothes'. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000AYVZ_.QhsxA/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000AYVZ_.QhsxA.jpg)
![6 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Lutheran World Federation delegate to COP25 Erika Rodning from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada livestreams as faith-based participants from the Lutheran World Federation, the World Council of Churches and the ACT Alliance join in as thousands upon thousands of people march through the streets of central Madrid as part of a public contribution to the United Nations climate meeting COP25, urging decision-makers to take action for climate justice. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000rNSWXVkCwFQ/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000rNSWXVkCwFQ.jpg)
![11 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: "#TimeForAction is Now" reads an official signboard at COP25 as media gather to cover hundreds of civil society and other actors holding an unauthorized protest outside the plenary hall of COP25 in Madrid, to draw attention to the failures of the climate talks and to call on rich countries to step up and pay up for real solutions, and to highlight the threat of loopholes, false solutions like carbon markets, and the need for those who caused the climate crisis to pay up for loss and damage while respecting human rights. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000zyrSHcFsEOI/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000zyrSHcFsEOI.jpg)
![13 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: As COP25 is about to draw to a close, hundreds of young people mobilize through Fridays for Future in a strike for the climate, inside and outside the venue of COP25 in Madrid, calling for urgent action for climate justice. Here, Saoirse O'Connor holds a sign reading 'The Emperor has no Clothes'. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000AjQqkImb_2c/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000AjQqkImb_2c.jpg)
![13 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: As COP25 is about to draw to a close, hundreds of young people mobilize through Fridays for Future in a strike for the climate, inside and outside the venue of COP25 in Madrid, calling for urgent action for climate justice. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000FThMZjk4O90/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000FThMZjk4O90.jpg)
![13 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Faith-based organizations gather for a vigil, as COP25 is about to draw to a close, praying that negotiations will bear fruit, bringing about urgent and just action to find a way out of the climate crisis. Here, Lutheran World Federation delegate Sebastian Ignacio Muñoz Oyarzo from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chile (centre). [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000PjKGmW7rYQg/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000PjKGmW7rYQg.jpg)
![6 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Faith-based participants from the Lutheran World Federation, the World Council of Churches and the ACT Alliance join in as thousands upon thousands of people march through the streets of central Madrid as part of a public contribution to the United Nations climate meeting COP25, urging decision-makers to take action for climate justice. Here, Lutheran World Federation delegate Stephanie Joy Abnasan from the Lutheran Church in Philippines. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000jmHZuau0NdY/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000jmHZuau0NdY.jpg)
![13 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Faith-based organizations gather for a vigil, as COP25 is about to draw to a close, praying that negotiations will bear fruit, bringing about urgent and just action to find a way out of the climate crisis. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000a32Z1NNeWMA/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000a32Z1NNeWMA.jpg)
![11 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Greta Thunberg speaks in the plenary hall of COP25. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000AwX3176kZ5g/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000AwX3176kZ5g.jpg)
![11 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: "We will rise" reads a sign, as hundreds of civil society and other actors hold an unauthorized protest outside the plenary hall of COP25 in Madrid, to draw attention to the failures of the climate talks and to call on rich countries to step up and pay up for real solutions, and to highlight the threat of loopholes, false solutions like carbon markets, and the need for those who caused the climate crisis to pay up for loss and damage while respecting human rights. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000JmUOTUOJH.Y/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000JmUOTUOJH.Y.jpg)
![6 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: 'Winter is Not coming' reads a sign, as thousands upon thousands of people march through the streets of central Madrid as part of a public contribution to the United Nations climate meeting COP25, urging decision-makers to take action for climate justice. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000LojyFFfB5nU/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000LojyFFfB5nU.jpg)
![2 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: North Lutheran World Federation delegate Erika Rodning from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada during day one of COP25 in Madrid. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000yiM9gcm5HYQ/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000yiM9gcm5HYQ.jpg)
![13 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Seraphim Kykotis, from the World Council of Churches, attends COP25 in Madrid. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000P4tM4i1PP.Y/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000P4tM4i1PP.Y.jpg)
![12 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: 'Please don't eat me' reads a banner held by a big rabbit outside the venue of COP25 in Madrid. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000Aj2pQLT9lvA/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000Aj2pQLT9lvA.jpg)
![11 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: People join together to form a human chain, as hundreds of civil society and other actors hold an unauthorized protest outside the plenary hall of COP25 in Madrid, to draw attention to the failures of the climate talks and to call on rich countries to step up and pay up for real solutions, and to highlight the threat of loopholes, false solutions like carbon markets, and the need for those who caused the climate crisis to pay up for loss and damage while respecting human rights. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000w_B97_tODwQ/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000w_B97_tODwQ.jpg)
![1 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Lutheran World Federation delegates Sebastian Ignacio Muñoz Oyarzo from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chile (right) and Fernanda Zuñiga from the Lutheran Church in Chile (left) share in a moment of prayer, as representatives of various faiths gather in the Iglesia de Jesús (Church of Christ) of the Iglesia Evangélica Española (Evangelical Church of Spain) for an interfaith dialogue and prayer service on the eve of the United Nations climate conference (COP25) in Madrid, Spain. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000wmtisZiDLk0/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000wmtisZiDLk0.jpg)
![13 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Faith-based organizations gather for a vigil, as COP25 is about to draw to a close, praying that negotiations will bear fruit, bringing about urgent and just action to find a way out of the climate crisis. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I000057DHyEFcc_Y/fill=/fit=250x250/I000057DHyEFcc_Y.jpg)
![13 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: 'Frontline communities' reads a big sign, as people gather for a sit-in demonstration at COP25, to claim space for a range a groups whose voices are not often listened to in the space of global climate negotiations: youth, women, frontline communities, indigenous communities. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000tbAyCJq76tw/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000tbAyCJq76tw.jpg)
![11 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Greta Thunberg speaks in the plenary hall of COP25. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000JP2ih5PGd14/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000JP2ih5PGd14.jpg)
![11 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: ACT Alliance, Lutheran World Federation and World Council of Churches participants at COP25 illustrate the lack of balance in finance of the global climate response, where most ofthe finance is put into mitigation, some into adaptation, but very little into loss and damage, even though 'that's where the people are'. 'What do we want? Climate justice. When do we want it? Now!" they chanted, as Erika Rodning from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada held a sign reading 'Loss and Damage' in front of a table empty of finance. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000GQLW4NUyVpk/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000GQLW4NUyVpk.jpg)
![11 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: "Rich countries pay your debt" reads a sign, as hundreds of civil society and other actors hold an unauthorized protest outside the plenary hall of COP25 in Madrid, to draw attention to the failures of the climate talks and to call on rich countries to step up and pay up for real solutions, and to highlight the threat of loopholes, false solutions like carbon markets, and the need for those who caused the climate crisis to pay up for loss and damage while respecting human rights. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000vXDhU8Ml5GE/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000vXDhU8Ml5GE.jpg)
![10 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Pär Holmgren from the Swedish Green Party attends COP25 in Madrid. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000nQanAMK9Wqw/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000nQanAMK9Wqw.jpg)
![6 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: 'How Dare You?' reads a sign overhead as thousands upon thousands of people march through the streets of central Madrid as part of a public contribution to the United Nations climate meeting COP25, urging decision-makers to take action for climate justice. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000QNHrLskNCVc/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000QNHrLskNCVc.jpg)
![5 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa hosts a youth briefing at COP25 in Madrid. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000kYAstBKZauo/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000kYAstBKZauo.jpg)
![2 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Former COP president Michał Kurtyka congratulates Carolina Schmidt upon her election as new president of COP, as the 25th UN climate conference (COP25) opening plenaries take place in Madrid. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I000023xqwS1_pKM/fill=/fit=250x250/I000023xqwS1_pKM.jpg)
![1 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: A woman reads a Bahai prayer, as representatives of various faiths gather in the Iglesia de Jesús (Church of Christ) of the Iglesia Evangélica Española (Evangelical Church of Spain) for an interfaith dialogue and prayer service on the eve of the United Nations climate conference (COP25) in Madrid, Spain. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000XHwEFo6ubI4/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000XHwEFo6ubI4.jpg)
![1 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Lutheran World Federation delegate Fernanda Zuñiga, from the Lutheran Church in Chile, lights the altar candles as representatives of various faiths gather in the Iglesia de Jesús (Church of Christ) of the Iglesia Evangélica Española (Evangelical Church of Spain) for an interfaith dialogue and prayer service on the eve of the United Nations climate conference (COP25) in Madrid, Spain. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000mNnQ53Izvi8/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000mNnQ53Izvi8.jpg)
![11 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Protestors raise their hands into the air while calling out for climate justice, as hundreds of civil society and other actors hold an unauthorized protest outside the plenary hall of COP25 in Madrid, to draw attention to the failures of the climate talks and to call on rich countries to step up and pay up for real solutions, and to highlight the threat of loopholes, false solutions like carbon markets, and the need for those who caused the climate crisis to pay up for loss and damage while respecting human rights. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000vFILlRfIMww/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000vFILlRfIMww.jpg)
![10 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: People gather around a panel on 'Unite behind science' at COP25 in Madrid, where Greta Thunberg participates. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000ocjdmwziun4/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000ocjdmwziun4.jpg)
![6 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Faith-based participants from the Lutheran World Federation, the World Council of Churches and the ACT Alliance join in as thousands upon thousands of people march through the streets of central Madrid as part of a public contribution to the United Nations climate meeting COP25, urging decision-makers to take action for climate justice. Here, Athena Peralta (centre), Elena Cedillo (left) and Dinesh Suna (right). [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000Uf34sZehA5M/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000Uf34sZehA5M.jpg)
![6 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: 'Change your life, no (sic) your climate' reads a sign, as thousands upon thousands of people march through the streets of central Madrid as part of a public contribution to the United Nations climate meeting COP25, urging decision-makers to take action for climate justice. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000B0vYnlFIslU/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000B0vYnlFIslU.jpg)
![6 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: A Catholic group sings and chants, as thousands upon thousands of people march through the streets of central Madrid as part of a public contribution to the United Nations climate meeting COP25, urging decision-makers to take action for climate justice. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000Lzm99BE.7DY/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000Lzm99BE.7DY.jpg)
![6 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Indigenous representative Rev. Glen Chebon Kernell, part of the World Council of Churches indigenous group is on of many faith-based participants to join in as thousands upon thousands of people march through the streets of central Madrid as part of a public contribution to the United Nations climate meeting COP25, urging decision-makers to take action for climate justice. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000ZBZ6NnZPIv0/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000ZBZ6NnZPIv0.jpg)
![2 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Carolina Schmidt gives her first remarks as new president of COP, as the 25th UN climate conference (COP25) opening plenaries take place in Madrid. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000eUJvCd1xO8o/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000eUJvCd1xO8o.jpg)
![2 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Carolina Schmidt upon her election as new president of COP, as the 25th UN climate conference (COP25) opening plenaries take place in Madrid. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000H1..0YhGnEw/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000H1..0YhGnEw.jpg)
![2 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Lutheran World Federation delegate Erik Bohm from Church of Sweden during day one of COP25 in Madrid. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000DLOzzrPc4cs/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000DLOzzrPc4cs.jpg)
![2 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Lutheran World Federation delegate and council member Khulekani Sizwe Magwaza from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in South Africa during day one of COP25 in Madrid. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000wWcTdA8BO9g/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000wWcTdA8BO9g.jpg)
![1 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Key discussion points have been summarized on sheets of paper, as representatives of various faiths gather in the Iglesia de Jesús (Church of Christ) of the Iglesia Evangélica Española (Evangelical Church of Spain) for an interfaith dialogue and prayer service on the eve of the United Nations climate conference (COP25) in Madrid, Spain. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000T0OILmzqrlc/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000T0OILmzqrlc.jpg)
![1 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: A father and son fold their hands as if in prayer, as representatives of various faiths gather in the Iglesia de Jesús (Church of Christ) of the Iglesia Evangélica Española (Evangelical Church of Spain) for an interfaith dialogue and prayer service on the eve of the United Nations climate conference (COP25) in Madrid, Spain. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000VwPuXFgpKfM/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000VwPuXFgpKfM.jpg)
![1 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Muslim woman Hana Elabdallaoui moderates a group discussion as representatives of various faiths gather in the Iglesia de Jesús (Church of Christ) of the Iglesia Evangélica Española (Evangelical Church of Spain) for an interfaith dialogue and prayer service on the eve of the United Nations climate conference (COP25) in Madrid, Spain. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000hiAl9uf.qNY/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000hiAl9uf.qNY.jpg)
![13 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Patriciah Roy Akullo, ACT Forum coordinator, Dan Church Aid Uganda, attends COP25. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I00005mWlYzZPqYM/fill=/fit=250x250/I00005mWlYzZPqYM.jpg)
![8 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Bringing word from churches in the Pacific region, Rev. James Bhagwan, general secretary of the Pacific Conference of Churches speaks as Christians from around the globe gather with local congregants in the Iglesia de Jesús in central Madrid, to celebrate an ecumenical prayer service during COP25. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I00001sQP_cL8EQw/fill=/fit=250x250/I00001sQP_cL8EQw.jpg)
![8 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: An open Bible lays on the altar in the Iglesia de Jesús as Christians from around the globe gather with local congregants in the Iglesia de Jesús in central Madrid, to celebrate an ecumenical prayer service during COP25. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000xUtre71VOcM/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000xUtre71VOcM.jpg)
![6 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: A woman holds a sign reading 'Neighbours in danger of extinction', as thousands upon thousands of people march through the streets of central Madrid as part of a public contribution to the United Nations climate meeting COP25, urging decision-makers to take action for climate justice. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000u_rxPsbd1Xs/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000u_rxPsbd1Xs.jpg)
![6 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Faith-based participants from the Lutheran World Federation, the World Council of Churches and the ACT Alliance join in as thousands upon thousands of people march through the streets of central Madrid as part of a public contribution to the United Nations climate meeting COP25, urging decision-makers to take action for climate justice. Here, Lutheran World Federation delegate and council member Khulekani Sizwe Magwaza from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in South Africa. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000NIMSro7Ibi8/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000NIMSro7Ibi8.jpg)
![6 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: 'Climate justice can't wait, Act now!' reads a sign from ACT Alliance, as faith-based participants from the Lutheran World Federation, the World Council of Churches and the ACT Alliance join in as thousands upon thousands of people march through the streets of central Madrid as part of a public contribution to the United Nations climate meeting COP25, urging decision-makers to take action for climate justice. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000YXWRqLYXTMs/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000YXWRqLYXTMs.jpg)
![6 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: A woman holds a sign reading 'Chances of Climate Emergency sorting itself out' (none, none - but in blue)' as thousands upon thousands of people march through the streets of central Madrid as part of a public contribution to the United Nations climate meeting COP25, urging decision-makers to take action for climate justice. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000Dlkv1SwxB4k/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000Dlkv1SwxB4k.jpg)
![6 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Faith-based participants from the Lutheran World Federation, the World Council of Churches and the ACT Alliance join in as thousands upon thousands of people march through the streets of central Madrid as part of a public contribution to the United Nations climate meeting COP25, urging decision-makers to take action for climate justice. Here, Lutheran World Federation delegate Erik Bohm from Church of Sweden. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I00009xSDjkPKaCM/fill=/fit=250x250/I00009xSDjkPKaCM.jpg)
![6 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: A woman dressed in a giant alarm bell suit 'sounds the alarm for climate justice' together with people carrying placards reading 'Climate justice in intergenerational justice' and 'God saw everything that God had made, and indeed, it was very good', as faith-based participants from the Lutheran World Federation, the World Council of Churches and the ACT Alliance join in as thousands upon thousands of people march through the streets of central Madrid as part of a public contribution to the United Nations climate meeting COP25, urging decision-makers to take action for climate justice. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000Sxn00x1f4nA/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000Sxn00x1f4nA.jpg)
![2 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Carolina Schmidt gives her first remarks as new president of COP, as the 25th UN climate conference (COP25) opening plenaries take place in Madrid. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000kxNXkS.7l3A/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000kxNXkS.7l3A.jpg)
![1 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Lutheran World Federation delegate and council member Khulekani Sizwe Magwaza from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in South Africa shares remarks, as representatives of various faiths gather in the Iglesia de Jesús (Church of Christ) of the Iglesia Evangélica Española (Evangelical Church of Spain) for an interfaith dialogue and prayer service on the eve of the United Nations climate conference (COP25) in Madrid, Spain. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000JM1B6KNRi24/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000JM1B6KNRi24.jpg)
![13 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Latin American church leaders Rev. Nehemias Rivera Medina of the Lutheran Costa Rican Church (right) and Rev. Santiago de Jesús Rodríguez Lara from the Salvadoran Lutheran Church (left) hold crosses, as faith-based organizations gather for a vigil, as COP25 is about to draw to a close, praying that negotiations will bear fruit, bringing about urgent and just action to find a way out of the climate crisis. The crosses are replicas of a much larger cross from the Lutheran Cathedral of El Salvador, referred to as 'La Cruz Subversiva'. On the cross are written testimonies of people in El Salvador noting down the oppressions they suffer in their daily lives. The cross has a special history, in that it was confiscated by 'El Ejército' (The People's Revolutionary Army) in November 1989, while El Salvador was living through war. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000r98kFxktVko/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000r98kFxktVko.jpg)
![13 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: People gather for a sit-in demonstration at COP25, to claim space for a range a groups whose voices are not often listened to in the space of global climate negotiations: youth, women, frontline communities, indigenous communities. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000lvqjhO29R4Q/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000lvqjhO29R4Q.jpg)
![13 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: 'Youth', reads a big sign, as people gather for a sit-in demonstration at COP25, to claim space for a range a groups whose voices are not often listened to in the space of global climate negotiations: youth, women, frontline communities, indigenous communities. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000RLHW_QqEF.U/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000RLHW_QqEF.U.jpg)
![11 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: A woman raises her hand into the air while calling out for climate justice, as hundreds of civil society and other actors hold an unauthorized protest outside the plenary hall of COP25 in Madrid, to draw attention to the failures of the climate talks and to call on rich countries to step up and pay up for real solutions, and to highlight the threat of loopholes, false solutions like carbon markets, and the need for those who caused the climate crisis to pay up for loss and damage while respecting human rights. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000SrJ7kIwxmg0/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000SrJ7kIwxmg0.jpg)
![11 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Daira Tukano, an indigenous woman from the Tukano nation in Northeast Brazil, shakes a maraca, as hundreds of civil society and other actors hold an unauthorized protest outside the plenary hall of COP25 in Madrid, to draw attention to the failures of the climate talks and to call on rich countries to step up and pay up for real solutions, and to highlight the threat of loopholes, false solutions like carbon markets, and the need for those who caused the climate crisis to pay up for loss and damage while respecting human rights. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000SGSjOXn4HC4/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000SGSjOXn4HC4.jpg)
![11 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: ACT Alliance, Lutheran World Federation and World Council of Churches participants at COP25 illustrate the lack of balance in finance of the global climate response, where most ofthe finance is put into mitigation, some into adaptation, but very little into loss and damage, even though 'that's where the people are'. 'What do we want? Climate justice. When do we want it? Now!" they chanted. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000HYCX9a_LTW8/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000HYCX9a_LTW8.jpg)
![11 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: ACT Alliance, Lutheran World Federation and World Council of Churches participants at COP25 illustrate the lack of balance in finance of the global climate response, where most of the finance is put into mitigation, some into adaptation, but very little into loss and damage, even though 'that's where the people are'. 'What do we want? Climate justice. When do we want it? Now!" they chanted. Here, Lutheran World Federation delegate Erik Bohm from Church of Sweden symbolically pours money into Mitigation. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000xMXZkNu5Y5g/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000xMXZkNu5Y5g.jpg)
![9 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Religious leaders from a variety of faiths meet to hand over an interfaith declaration to Ovais Sarmad, deputy executive secretary of the UNFCCC, at COP25. Here, Pranita Biswasi from the Lutheran World Federation (right). [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000yr9LcJehuG4/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000yr9LcJehuG4.jpg)
![9 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Religious leaders from a variety of faiths meet to hand over an interfaith declaration to Ovais Sarmad, deputy executive secretary of the UNFCCC, at COP25. Here, Rev. James Bhagwan from the Pacific Conference of Churches (right). [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I00001fgKVOvpy9c/fill=/fit=250x250/I00001fgKVOvpy9c.jpg)
![6 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Thousands upon thousands of people march through the streets of central Madrid as part of a public contribution to the United Nations climate meeting COP25, urging decision-makers to take action for climate justice. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I00004_9dWiHfXVY/fill=/fit=250x250/I00004_9dWiHfXVY.jpg)
![6 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Faith-based participants from the Lutheran World Federation, the World Council of Churches and the ACT Alliance join in as thousands upon thousands of people march through the streets of central Madrid as part of a public contribution to the United Nations climate meeting COP25, urging decision-makers to take action for climate justice. Here, Lutheran World Federation delegate Stephanie Joy Abnasan from the Lutheran Church in Philippines. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I00003aHrMzy7k6w/fill=/fit=250x250/I00003aHrMzy7k6w.jpg)
![6 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: 'Protect the home that God has given us' reads a sign (in Spanish), as thousands upon thousands of people march through the streets of central Madrid as part of a public contribution to the United Nations climate meeting COP25, urging decision-makers to take action for climate justice. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000uzd93psKpEY/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000uzd93psKpEY.jpg)
![6 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: 'Rich people pollute a lot' reads a sign, as thousands upon thousands of people march through the streets of central Madrid as part of a public contribution to the United Nations climate meeting COP25, urging decision-makers to take action for climate justice. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I000020XziZ4UNBA/fill=/fit=250x250/I000020XziZ4UNBA.jpg)
![6 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Faith-based participants from the Lutheran World Federation, the World Council of Churches and the ACT Alliance join in as thousands upon thousands of people march through the streets of central Madrid as part of a public contribution to the United Nations climate meeting COP25, urging decision-makers to take action for climate justice. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000auknouZ_Mzo/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000auknouZ_Mzo.jpg)
![6 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Thousands upon thousands of people march through the streets of central Madrid as part of a public contribution to the United Nations climate meeting COP25, urging decision-makers to take action for climate justice. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000lRRTp5EMS_o/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000lRRTp5EMS_o.jpg)
![6 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Faith-based participants from the Lutheran World Federation, the World Council of Churches and the ACT Alliance join in as thousands upon thousands of people march through the streets of central Madrid as part of a public contribution to the United Nations climate meeting COP25, urging decision-makers to take action for climate justice. Here, Lutheran World Federation delegate Fernanda Zuñiga from the Lutheran Church in Chile (right). [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000_vJS0QiW4O8/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000_vJS0QiW4O8.jpg)
![4 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: People gather for a demonstration at COP25 in Madrid, under the slogan of 'Make Them Pay', urging that the big polluters of the world cease to pollute, while helping to finance efforts for climate justice. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I00003vfOlzMUwKM/fill=/fit=250x250/I00003vfOlzMUwKM.jpg)
![2 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Delegates and observers gather as the 25th UN climate conference (COP25) opening plenaries take place in Madrid. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000CVLorSFwpEs/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000CVLorSFwpEs.jpg)
![2 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Lutheran World Federation delegate Fernanda Zuñiga from the Lutheran Church in Chile during day one of COP25 in Madrid. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000hVXFF6KMS.w/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000hVXFF6KMS.w.jpg)
![2 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Lutheran World Federation delegate Sebastian Ignacio Muñoz Oyarzo from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chile during day one of COP25 in Madrid. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I000079QriM3cb50/fill=/fit=250x250/I000079QriM3cb50.jpg)
![1 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Representatives of various faiths gather in the Iglesia de Jesús (Church of Christ) of the Iglesia Evangélica Española (Evangelical Church of Spain) for an interfaith dialogue and prayer service on the eve of the United Nations climate conference (COP25) in Madrid, Spain. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000OIcOG5.5XEI/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000OIcOG5.5XEI.jpg)