As the Climate Change Conference is currently under way in Denmark, an ecumenical service will be held in the Copenhagen Cathedral on Sunday.

At the conclusion, the city’s church bells will ring out 350 times for the 350 parts per million which is the recommended safe amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

The World Council of Churches has called for other churches worldwide to join them, with Wellington accepting the invitation.

St Patrick’s Church pastor Father Tim Cahill said across the world at 3pm, participating churches would ring their bells for climate justice.

“This is a way of taking an international issue to a local level,” he said.

“Some school children will be helping to ring the bells as they are the future.”

Father Tim is a member of the National Council of Churches in Australia and the NSW Ecumenical Council, with both of them encouraging local churches to participate.

The Catholic Church will be ringing three bells, while the Anglican and Uniting Churches will also be participating in the event.

Being part of a social justice group for several years, climate change has always been a topic of concern for Father Tim.

“Despite what Tony Abbott has said, climate change is a pressing issue,” Father Tim said.

“Climate change is a big issue and the poorer countries suffer because of it.

“This is social justice on a global level and something memorable.”

The ringing will send a wave of sound across the nation, alerting people to the issues of climate change.

“I think it would be a good way of raising local consciousness,” Fr Tim said.

“Christ’s message in the gospel calls to look after the world.

“Other communities may be doing it around here, but we are very lucky to have churches here in Wellington which are unified with each other for a common cause.”