World Faith Leaders Join Forces to Battle Global Warming

November 4, 2009
Environment News Service

LONDON, UK (ENS) - The world’s religions have a crucial role to play in the fight against global climate change, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday, characterizing the battle with global warming as a “moral” issue.

It is a pivotal moment for our world,” said Ban as he co-hosted with Prince Philip an inter-faith gathering of religious and secular leaders at Windsor Castle called Many Heavens, One Earth: Faith Commitments for a Living Planet.