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Religion gets behind fight against climate change

November 2, 2009
Agence France-Presse

PARIS—Leaders from nine major faiths meet at Windsor Castle on Tuesday in an exceptional initiative that supporters predict will harness the power of religion in the fight against climate change.

The ecumenical gathering at the home of Queen Elizabeth II, 22 miles west of London, is being co-staged by the United Nations and Prince Philip...

Sikh leaders to join UN Secretary General on Climate Change at Windsor Castle before Copenhagen

October 31, 2009
Punjab Newsline Network

NEW YORK: Sikh environmental activists Baba Sewa Singh and Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal will be part of what has been called “the biggest civil society movement on climate change in history”… Leaders from nine of the world’s major faiths – Baha’ism, Buddhism, Christianity, Daoism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Shintoism and Sikhism – will gather...

Tackling climate change is 'moral imperative', say faith leaders

October 30, 2009
By Jenna Lyle
Christian Today

Faith leaders have issued a first of its kind statement on climate change in which they recognise “unequivocally that there is a moral imperative to tackle the causes of global warming”.

The statement was issued following a historic meeting between faith leaders at the official residence of the Archbishop...

Protest against genetically modified Bt Brinjal

October 29, 2009
South Asia Mail

Chennai: Church of South India (CSI) Synod Ecological Concerns Committee (SECC) strongly protests against the decision of the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC), in approving the commercial cultivation of genetically modified (GM) Bt brinjal. The CSI SECC has the opinion that the GEAC had “mindlessly” gone ahead and approved Bt Brinjal...

Nine Faiths, One Vegan Lunch at Windsor Castle

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On the Agenda — The Largest-Ever Commitment To Take Environmental Action

October 27, 2009
By Leah Koenig
Jewish Daily Forward

Baha'is join global plan for "generational change" on climate change

October 27, 2009
Baha’i World News Service

NEW YORK — The Baha’i International Community today announced that it has become a partner in a United Nations-sponsored program to promote “generational change” to address climate change and environmental sustainability.

The program, which is co-sponsored by the Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC) and the United Nations...

European faith-based networks worried about EU's role at UN Climate Change Conference

October 27, 2009
Caritas Europa

Brussels - The Secretary General of Caritas Europa, along with the Secretary Generals of two other faith-based networks (Aprodev and CIDSE),  sent a letter yesterday  to top EU decision-makers asking them to ensure that the European Council will show leadership towards a more sustainable and equitable economic future for the world....

Faith-based Organizations Can Help Deliver United Nations Message for Renewed

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Cooperation to Tackle Climate Change, Other Crises, Secretary-General Says

October 26, 2009
United Nations

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Under-Secretary-General Vijay Nambiar, Chef de Cabinet, to the Ninth Annual Orthodox Prayer...

Our Indivisible Environment: If life is sacred, so is the entire web that sustains it

October 25, 2009
By The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
The Wall Street Journal

Orthodox leader calls for environmental action

October 23, 2009
By The Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS — Standing beside the Mississippi River, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians, made a plea Wednesday for more action to save the planet and stop destroying it “as if there is no tomorrow.”

“The dilemmas we are faced with are the problems created by human beings,”...

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