Articles on Religion and Climate Change

Below you'll find the current year of news articles related to the intersection of religion and the climate emergency.
For past years of climate-related articles, see our archive pages: 2023; 2022; 2021; 2020; 2019; 2018; 2017; 2016; 2015; 2014; 2013; 2012; 2011; 2009


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God is green, and denying climate change is anti-Christian
By Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby
Independent
September 22, 2024

A new kind of chaplain is helping people deal with 'climate grief'
By Kimberly Winston
NPR
September 6, 2024

'We did not cause the climate crisis… but our seasons have changed’: Indigenous food systems are tested to the limit
By Simona Beltrami
World Food Programme
August 8, 2024

Indigenous Peoples: Leaders in Climate Action
UN Climate Change News
August 8, 2024

Climate change could return a stolen lake to Indigenous people, a century later
By Olivia Ferrari
Mongabay
August 7, 2024

What are the teachings of Islam on environmental protection?
Wisconsin Muslim Journal
August 6, 2024

An Indigenous tribe is regaining control of its ancestral lands while fighting climate change
By Matthew Rozsa
Salon
August 3, 2024

Interfaith activists arrested protesting Citigroup's fossil fuel investments
By Camillo Barone
EarthBeat
July 30, 2024

Faith Leaders Chain Themselves to Citi HQ to Protest Fossil Fuel Financing
By Olivia Rosane
Common Dreams
July 30, 2024

Laudato Si' Commission calls Jesuit higher education to climate action
By Daniel R. Dileo
EarthBeat
July 26, 2024

Climate grief and resistance: Mourning a livable planet
By Rev. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas
Reviving Creation
July 12, 2024

Elders Arrested Protesting Citibank Funding of Planet's Destruction
By Brett Wilkins
Common Dreams
July 8, 2024

What Can Seventeenth-Century Sources Teach Us About Living With Climate Change?
By Timothy Grieve-Carlson
Oxford University Press's Academic Insights for the Thinking World
July 4, 2024

What 6 degrees of warming means for a community built on ice
By Joseph Lee
Vox
July 3, 2024

The Holy See could be a bridge for UN climate negotiations
By John Leo Algo
EarthBeat
July 3, 2024

Global Indigenous: Native lands vital to fighting climate change
By Deusdedit Ruhangariyo
ICT News
July 3, 2024

To Save the Amazon, What if We Listened to Those Living Within It?
By Katie Surma
Inside Climate News
June 30, 2024

Pope Francis unveils plan for Vatican to go solar
By Kristina Millare
Catholic News Agency
June 26, 2024

Pope launches project to get Vatican to run solely on solar power
By Carol Glatz
EarthBeat
June 26, 2024

New study reaffirms Indigenous lands key to mitigating climate change in Brazil
By Sarah Sax
Mongabay
June 25, 2024

Spirit of Eid al-Adha resonates in climate action
Daily Tribune
June 16, 2024

A River's Rights: Indigenous Kukama Women Lead the Way with Landmark Legal Victory
By Juana Vera Delgado
Common Dreams
June 17, 2024

Famous Panama Indigenous Community Relocates Due to Climate Change
By Nicholas Vincent
One Green Planet
June 2024.

Climate Cardinals: Youth-Led Climate Organizations Need Funding to Succeed
By Sophia Suganuma, Hikaru Wakeel Hayakawa, and Sophia Kianni
Teen Vogue
May 27, 2024

I want people to wake up’: Nemonte Nenquimo on growing up in the rainforest and her fight to save it
By Alex Clark
The Guardian
May 25, 2024

Latinos play an important role in environmental movement, Georgetown panel says
By Aleja Hertzler-McCain
Religion News Service
May 24, 2024

The key to better climate outcomes? Respecting Indigenous land rights and autonomy.
By Anita Hofschneider
Grist
May 23, 2024

The race to end fossil fuel production
By John Feffer
Nation of Change
May 22, 2024

Pope urges global leaders, U.S. governors to take urgent climate action
By Justin McLellan
EarthBeat
May 16, 2024

Governor says faith leaders have ‘powerful’ role in climate action
By Justin McLellan
Catholic Review
May 15, 2024

Holy See should champion Action for Climate Empowerment fund at COP29
By John Leo Algo
EarthBeat
May 8, 2024

Government of Canada Releases New Report Showing the Impacts of Climate Change and Necessity of Indigenous-Led Climate Change Adaptation
Natural Resources Canada
May 7, 2024

Investor Nuns’ Shareholder Resolutions Aim to Stop Wall Street Financing of Fossil Fuel Development on Indigenous Lands
By Keerti Gopal
Inside Climate News
May 6, 2024

Buddha taught us to be happy with less. How does this apply to the climate crisis?
By Bhikkhu Sujato and Nadine Levy
The Guardian
May 5, 2024

Waste pickers, indigenous and traditional peoples at the heart of environmental solutions
G20
May 3, 2024

Environmental Prize Highlights Work to Keep Fossil Fuels at Bay
By Delger Erdenesanaa
New York Times
April 29, 2024

Union for Reform Judaism pledges to divest millions from fossil fuel industry
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Jerusalem Post
April 11, 2024

New report ‘braids’ Indigenous and Western knowledge for forest adaptation strategies against climate change
By James Urton
University of Washington
April 10, 2024

Voices of indigenous communities come together to fight climate change
By Daniel Perese
Te Ao Maoir News
April 3, 2024

Beyond Greening: Jewish Responses to Climate Emergency
By Lawrence MacDonald
Moment
April 1, 2024

U.S. Catholics say environmental justice important, but most unaware of ‘Laudato Si’’
By Gina Christian
Catholic Standard
March 29, 2024

Muslim Council of Elders: Exceptional initiatives to protect planet Earth
By Khoder Nashar
MSN
March 28, 2024

Indigenous Leaders and Environmental Groups Deliver Petitions Urging Army Corps of Engineers to Address Line 5 Pipeline Impacts
By Women's Earth & Climate Action Network (WECAN)
Common Dreams
March 18, 2024

Pope Francis: Indigenous ‘ancestral wisdom’ a vital tool in fight against climate change
By Matthew Santucci
Catholic News Agency
March 15, 2024

Reflecting on the Lent Climate Vigil
Christian Climate Action
March 9, 2024

Strengthening partnerships for the Sustainable Development Goals: Engaging Faith-based Organizations and Scientists in Youth Climate Change Learning and Action
By Dorothy F. Boorse and Leanne M. Jablonski
Sustainable Earth 7(1)
March 2024

'You are not alone': In community, young people find antidotes to climate anxiety
By Heidi Schlumpf
EarthBeat
March 6, 2024

We Cannot Fast from Clean Air: Wisconsin Muslims Rally for Environmental Justice
By Huda Alkaff
March/April 2024

Islamic scholars call Muslim nations to cut fossil fuels, echoing Laudato Si'
By Brian Roewe
EarthBeat
February 28, 2024

Māori Elder wins environmental legal battle against polluters
Impact Policies
February 27, 2024

Interfaith student leaders promote climate care in North Carolina places of worship
By Hannah Vinueza McClellan
EdNC
February 26, 2024

Multifaith global week of action urging insurers to end fossil fuel coverage
By Cato Pedder
Independent Catholic News
February 26, 2024

Climate change, Norway’s energy transition threaten indigenous people’s reindeer herding
By Shabana Begum
The Straits Times
February 26, 2024

Indigenous fashion leaders point the way to a carbon-free future
By Anna Giulia Medri
UNDP
January 30, 2024

How Indigenous Perspectives Can Guide Climate Innovation for a Just Transition
By Yerelee Gonzalez
CSR Wire
January 29, 2024

Why reviving a 2,600-year-old spiritual practice made my life better
By Michael J. Coren
Washington Post
January 23, 2024

In first for US church, San Diego Diocese divests from fossil fuels
By Brian Roewe
EarthBeat
January 12, 2024

Climate justice, women’s ministries and spiritual conversations: Synod takeaways from Brazil
By Filipe Domingues
America: The Jesuit Review
January 12, 2024

Native Hawaiian salt makers combat climate change and pollution to protect a sacred tradition
By Deepa Bharath
EarthBeat
January 11, 2024

How 3 Indigenous women are leading the way on climate change
By B. ‘Toastie’ Oaster, Anna V. Smith and Joaqlin Estus, High Country News
The 19th News
January 9, 2024

Make a resolution for the climate, for the sanctity of life
By Effie Caldarola
EarthBeat
January 4, 2024  

World Leaders Failed Us, But We Have the Power to End the Era of Fossil Fuels
By Rabbi Jacob Siegel
Common Dreams
January 3, 2024

Header photo credit: Abandoned farmland, flooded by glacial melt, Nepal ©Peter Prokosch, courtesy of UNEP