The picture shows the group that one year ago started the process that ended up to become the Interfaith Climate Summit Manifesto, Hope for the Future.
Today there will be around 1000 people in Uppsala, Sweden to take part in the Interfaith Climate Summit. A vast program with all kinds of inputs on the theme of climate change and faiths is at hand.
The Climate Interfaith Manifesto will be signed this afternoon and hopefully this Manifesto can serve as a tool for the climate change discussions inside faith traditions as well as a message to the political processes under the UNFCCC agenda.
Looking forward to moderate two sessions tomorrow with some of the signatories. One session have a European perspective. What can the different faith traditions in Europe bring to the climate change agenda. I am looking forward to hear the opinions of Rabbi Awraham Soetendorp a long time enthusiast on interfaith dialogue and ecology , the professor from Lampeter, Wales, Mawil Izzi Dien who know so much about Islam and Ecology and also a warm friend of interfaith dialogue and my good friend Dr Peter Pavlovic from Conference of European Churches that for a long time has worked on the Environmental Agenda in the European context.
What are their visions for Europe from the faith perspectives related to climate change.
I also do look forward to hear four examples of best practises. Dr Charles Reed from Church of England, Mr Roman Juriga from Czech Republic and Rev Dan Melander from Ethic and Energy, Sweden and Rev Sally Bingham from Interfaith Power and Light, US. It is really encouraging to know that different examples from faith communities do something that is hands on.
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