Interfaith declaration on #ClimateChange New York: 30 faith leaders representing nine religions signed their names to a statement calling for concrete actions to curb carbon emissions. The document was the centrepiece of an interfaith conference September 21-23 jointly hosted by the World Council of Churches and Religions for Peace, an interfaith coalition with members in more than 70 countries. “When in January I listened to the general secretary of the United Nations, Ban Ki Moon, calling the world’s heads of state for a summit on climate change, I thought we also have to get together as leaders of faith communities to offer our contributions,” said Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, the WCC general secretary. Large changes require “deep and strong conviction” which, he said, can be found in the “beliefs, rituals, symbols, sacred texts and prayers of faith [that] give meaning and direction for a large portion of the world’s population.” The statement, titled Climate, Faith and Hope: Faith Traditions Together for a Common Future was presented to the deputy-secretary general of the UN, Jan Eliasson. It calls on “all States to work constructively towards a far-reaching global climate agreement in Paris in 2015” which will be “ambitious enough to keep temperature from rising well below 2° Celsius; fair enough to distribute the burden in an equitable way; and legally binding enough to guarantee that effective national climate policies to curb emissions are well funded and fully implemented.” Read the full document on https://oikoumene.org/en/press-centre/news/interfaith-declaration-on-climate-change Photo: WCC/Melissa Engle Hess #InterfaithClimate
Posted on: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 14:48:54 +0000
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