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COP22 DECLACIÓN INTERRELIGIOSA SOBRE EL CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO PARA LOS LíDERES DEL MUNDO 10 de Noviembre, 2016 Declaración de líderes religiosos y espirituales para la primera reunión de las Partes en el Acuerdo de París (CMA1) durante el vigésimo segundo período de sesiones de la Conferencia de las Partes (COP 22). www.interfaithstatement2016.org #COP22FaithStatement Contáctenos: [email protected] DECLARACIÓN INTERRELIGIOSA SOBRE EL CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO PARA LA COP22 10 de noviembre 2016 Declaración de líderes religiosos y espirituales para la primera reunión de las Partes en el Acuerdo de París (CMA1) durante el vigésimo segundo período de sesiones de la Conferencia de las Partes (COP 22). En este momento histórico, mientras el Acuerdo de París entra en vigor, un consenso global sin precedentes ha producido un marco común para reducir las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero, y construir una resiliencia mayor a los impactos climáticos. Estamos profundamente agradecidos por el liderazgo que produjo este Acuerdo y también estamos conscientes de los retos y la complejidad venidera. Este es el tiempo de tomar acciones urgentes. En cada una de nuestras creencias, encontramos la obligación moral de no perjudicar a los y las demás, la obligación moral de ser personas justas y el llamado a cuidar a quienes están en situación vulnerable. El cambio climático nos reta al ver sus efectos a escala mundial, afectando de manera desproporcionada a las comunidades empobrecidas y marginadas. Su sufrimiento y las pérdidas, son motivo de aflicción para cada una y cada uno de nosotros. Por lo tanto, el trabajo que hagamos en los próximos diez, cinco, y hasta dos años, determinará cómo saldremos de la crisis y cómo tomaremos control de los impactos del cambio climático. Individual y colectivamente, debemos actuar sobre la realidad de la crisis climática, para que el daño que infligimos a nuestra Tierra sagrada cese, y los ecosistemas de los que depende toda vida puedan sanar. En este momento crítico, mientras los gobiernos implementan el Acuerdo, debemos aumentarnuestra conciencia y discernir lo que significa estar en una relación correcta entre nosotras y nosotros, con la Madre Tierra y los demás seres vivos. Nuestro deseo por el poder y el crecimiento ilimitado, están teniendo consecuencias devastadoras al dejar contaminada, empobrecida y vulnerable a nuestra comunidad de la Tierra. Por esto, hoy le pedimos, a quienes toman decisions sobre el financiamiento, la producción y la distribución de los sistemas de energía, basar sus decisiones mediante una posición humilde y compasiva ante la interconexión de toda la vida en el planeta. Si continuamos dañando el soporte vital de nuestro sistema, a través de la sobreexplotación, la contaminación y la destrucción del clima que nos protege, los minerales que nos dan vida, el suelo que nos alimenta, los océanos y las fuentes de agua dulce que nos sostienen - lo haremos, a nuestro propio riesgo. Debemos tomar medidas rápidas, guiadas por nuestra fe y trabajar en comunión, en el servicio de la comunidad global de la Tierra. El uso continuo y dañino de los combustibles fósiles y de otras industrias extractivas a nivel mundial es éticamente insostenible. Debemos alejarnos deliberadamente de la inversión en combustibles fósiles, y pedir un cambio colectivo en el uso de los fondos soberanos y los fondos de pensiones del sector público, para trasladar la inversión, de combustibles fósiles hacia soluciones climáticas. Esta acción enviará una señal importante y transformadora a los prestatarios e inversores públicos y privados de todo el mundo, y ayudará a poner fin a la era de los combustibles fósiles. Para la seguridad de la humanidad, exigimos que los Estados se alineen con la decencia ética y la buena fe, necesarias para cumplir con sus compromisos asumidos en el Acuerdo. También insistimos a todos los gobiernos, aumentar urgentemente sus acciones por el clima y su ambición, para reducir las emisiones y en armonía con la necesidad de limitar el aumento de la temperatura global a 1.5 ° C, por encima de los niveles pre-industriales. Además de centrarse en los artículos de fondo del Acuerdo, a la hora de tomar medidas para hacer frente al cambio climático, hacemos un llamado a todas las naciones a mantener las obligaciones contenidas en el preámbulo del Acuerdo. En particular, las obligaciones de los Estados en materia de derechos humanos, incluidos los derechos de los pueblos indígenas, la igualdad de género, una transición justa para las comunidades vulnerables, la seguridad alimentaria y la equidad entre las generaciones. Hacemos hincapié en que la participación plena e igualitaria de las mujeres, de las sociedades indígenas y de la juventud, en el abordaje del cambio climático, aceleran los esfuerzos hacia una economía baja en carbono y contribuyen de manera significativa a la consecución del Objetivo de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) 7, que tiene como objetivo acabar con la pobreza de energía para el año 2030. Animamos a que se incrementen las flujos financieros globales, en consonancia con la meta del 1.5 C ° y se coordine más estrechamente con los ODS para reconocer la relación intrínseca entre el cambio climático, la erradicación de la pobreza y el desarrollo sostenible equitativo. Este financiamiento puede proporcionar un apoyo adecuado a las comunidades empobrecidas y vulnerables, afectadas por el cambio climático. Nos parece profundamente injusto que los países menos adelantados (PMA) se hundirán más en la deuda por pagar por un problema que heredaron. Por consiguiente, instamos firmemente a los gobiernos a apoyar un aumento equitativo de los flujos financieros globales para proporcionar una mayor adaptación humana y ecológica, sobre todo, para compensar las pérdidas y los daños, la transferencia de tecnología y el desarrollo de capacidades. Al mismo tiempo, nos preocupan los acuerdos comerciales que pueden socavar la acción climática que tanto se necesita. Exigimos por lo tanto, controles más estrictos sobre los mecanismos para la solución de las disputas en los acuerdos comerciales, que contienen disposiciones que permiten a las corporaciones desafiar las políticas del gobierno, ante los tribunales extrajudiciales. A medida que hacemos un llamado a los y las líderes del mundo para adoptar nuevas políticas que protejan nuestro preciado clima, diversas comunidades de fe y como parte de un movimiento creciente, nos hemos comprometido a desinventir en los combustibles fósiles. Los grupos religiosos están invirtiendo en soluciones climáticas, y trabajando codo a codo con las comunidades empobrecidas de todo el mundo, para reducir al mínimo los impactos del cambio climático y aumentar su resiliencia. Por lo tanto, pedimos también a nuestras comunidades de fe, ampliar su compromiso para retirar sus inversiones en los combustibles fósiles e invertir en energía renovable, y/o contratar empresas sensibles al cambio climático, en transición justa hacia el uso de energías renovables. A lo largo de la historia, nuestras tradiciones religiosas han proporcionado apoyo e inspiración en tiempos de grandes desafíos o transformación. Debemos comprometernos con nuevas formas de vida que hagan honor a las relaciones dinámicas entre todas las formas de vida, para profundizar la conciencia y la dimensión espiritual de nuestra vida. Hacemos un llamado a todas las personas que viven hoy en día, a inspirarse en el esfuerzo, la esperanza, la sabiduría y la reflexión espiritual, para que nuestra juventud y las futuras generaciones puedan heredar un mundo más solidario y sostenible. Este es el tiempo de dar un paso hacia adelante y actuar en unísono como fiduciarios/ as de la Madre Tierra. Juntas y juntos debemos apoyarnos en este progreso y así llegar más lejos y más rápido. Por lo tanto: • Pedimos urgentemente a los gobiernos, aumentar rápidamente sus promesas financieras para reducir las emisiones, en armonía con la meta de 1.5 ° C; • Llamamos a un cambio colectivo en el uso de los fondos soberanos y los fondos de pensiones del sector público, para el financiamiento en combustibles fósiles, hacia la inversión en energías renovables y otras soluciones climáticas; • Instamos a los gobiernos a apoyar un aumento en los flujos financieros globales para poner fin a la pobreza energética con energías renovables, y así proporcionar una mayor adaptación humana y ecológica, en particular, para compensar las pérdidas, los daños, y permitir la transferencia de tecnología y la creación de capacidades; • Solicitamos a todos los Estados que a la hora de tomar medidas para hacer frente al cambio climático, reflejen de manera efectiva y en cualquier decisión adoptada en la COP22, los compromisos contenidos en el preámbulo del Acuerdo en lo relacionado con los derechos humanos; incluyendo, los derechos de los pueblos indígenas, la igualdad de género, una transición justa para las comunidades vulnerables, la seguridad alimentaria, la equidad intergeneracional y la integridad de todos los ecosistemas; • Pedimos controles más estrictos sobre los mecanismos de disputa dentro de los acuerdos comerciales, que utilizan los tribunales extrajudiciales para desafiar las políticas gubernamentales; • Convocamos también a nuestras comunidades de fe, a ampliar su compromiso para retirar sus inversiones en los combustibles fósiles e invertir en energía renovable, y/o contratar empresas sensibles al cambio climático, en transición justa hacia el uso de energías renovables. Signees Country Religion Rt. Rev. Nicholas Drayson, Diocesan Bishop, Anglican Church of Northern Argentina, Anglican Province of South America Argentina Christian Prof. Carlos Reyes, Ministro Religioso, profesor de Teología, estudiante de derecho (UBA) Argentina Christian Peter Abrehart, President, Australia and New Zealand Unitarian Universalist Association Australia/ NZ Unitarian Universalist Prof. Nihal S Agar AM, President, Hindu Council of Australia Australia Hindu Imam Shady Alsulaiman, President, Australian Imams Council Australia Muslim Michael Anderson, Aboriginal elder and land rights activist Australia Aboriginal Elder Rev. Dr. Lyn Arnold, Chair of the Public Affairs Commission of the Anglican Church of Australia, Anglican Synod Australia Christian Rev. Dr. Vicky Balabanski, Director of the Forum on Religion and Ecology (FORE) Australia/ Pacific Interfaith Dr. Daud Abdul-Fattah Batchelor, Chair, Brisbane Muslim Fellowship Australia Muslim Ven. Santacārī Bhikkhunī, Leader, Dakkhiṇa Dhammatthala Australia Buddhist Abbot Ajahn Brahm, Spiritual Director, Buddhist Society of Western Australia and Abbot of Bodhinyana Buddhist Monastery Australia Buddhist Bishop George Browning, Inaugural Convener the Anglican Communion Environment Network Australia Christian Sr. Elizabeth Delaney SGS, General Secretary National Council of Churches in Australia Australia Christian McRose Elu, Torres Strait Islander Elder Australia Indigenous Elder Laurence Freeman OSB, Director of the World Community for Christian Meditation Australia Christian David Freesmith, Social Justice Coordinator, Unitarian Church of South Australia Australia Unitarian Universalist Rt. Rev. Godfrey Fryer tssf, Minister Provincial, Province of Asia-Pacific, Third Oder, Society of St Francis Asia-Pacific incl Australia, Hong Kong, Malyasia, Papua New Guinea, Thailand Christian Bishop John Henderson, Bishop of the Church, Lutheran Church of Australia Australia Christian Imam Yahya Ibrahim, University of Western Australia Australia Muslim Rev. Keith Jobberns, National Ministries Director, Baptist Union of Australia Australia Christian Jo Jordan, Presiding Clerk, Australian branch of the Quaker Society Australia Quaker Rabbi Jonathan Keren-Black, Environmental Advisor to the Council of Progressive Rabbis of Australia, New Zealand and Asia Australia/NZ/Asia Jewish Dr. Manzoor Khan, Immediate Past President, Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Australia Muslim Anne Lanyon, Coordinator, Faith Environment Network Australia Multifaith Pr. Jorge Munoz-Larrondo, President, Australian Union Conference Australia Christian Rev. Prof.Thorwald Lorenzen, Christians for an Ethical Society Australia Christian Anne Markey, Lead for Goolwa Dharma Group and the Ashtree Sangha in Adelaide Australia Buddhist Stuart McMillan, President, Uniting Church in Australia Assembly Australia Christian Cecilia Mitra LLB Singapore, LLM UWA, President, Federation of Australian Buddhist Councils Inc Australia Buddhist Dr. Ibrahim Abu Mohamed, Sunni Islamic Scholar and Grand Mufti of Australia Australia Muslim Prof. Neil Ormerod, Professor of Theology, Australian Catholic University Australia Christian Thea Ormerod, President, Australian Religious Response to Climate Change (ARRCC) Australia Interfaith Damian Outtrim, President, Multifaith Association of South Australia Australia Interfaith Rt. Rev. Prof. Stephen Pickard, Executive Director, Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture; Professor of Theology, Charles Sturt University; Assistant Bishop, Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn Australia Christian Jacqueline Remond, National Director, Catholic Earthcare Australia Christian Rev. Fr. Thomas Varghese, the Sydney St.Thomas Indian Orthodox Church Australia Christian Dr. Kazi Nurul Islam, United Relgions Initiative (URI), Board Member of Global Council of Trustees Bangladesh Muslim Most Rev.Paul Shishir Sarker, Bishop of Dhaka and the Moderator of the Church of Bangladesh Bangladesh Christian Sheikh Isa Amer Quevedo, Centro Islámico Boliviano Bolivia Muslim Dr. Mustafa Ceric, former President of the Council of Ulema Bosnia Muslim Rafael Soares de Oliveira, Diretor Executivo, Koinonia, Presença Ecumênica e Serviço, ACT Aliança Brazil Christian Sr. Prof. Ivone Gebara, Sister of Our Lady Brazil Christian Rev. Agnaldo Pereira Gomes, Vice-Presidente, Igreja Presbiteriana Independente do Brasil Brazil Christian Fr. Heikki Huttunen, General Secretary, Conference of European Churches Belgium/ Finland Christian/Orthodox Dr. Aadmou Njoya, Minister Plenipotentiary and President of the Cameroon Democratic Union (CDU), Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Cameroon Muslim Rt. Rev. Jane Alexander, Bishop of Edmonton Canada Christian Imam Navid Aziz, Islamic Information Society of Calgary Canada Muslim Dr; Marilyn Legge, Associate Professor of Christian Ethics, University of Toronto Canada Christian Bishop Mark MacDonald, Bishop for Indigenous Peoples, Anglican Church of Canada Canada Indigenous Anglican Very Rev. Dr. Bill Phipps, United Church of Canada Canada Christian Bishop Izani Bruch, Bishop of the Lutheran Evangelical Church of Chile (Iglesia Evangélica Luterana de Chile IELCH) Chile Christian Juan Carlos Castillo, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Instituto de Sociología Chile Christian Prof. Jorge Costadoat, Profesor de Teología de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Chile Christian Rabbi Diego Edelberg, Comunidad Ruaj Amí Chile/ Hong Kong Jewish Prof. Gerardo González, Profesor de Educación Religiosa, Instituto La Salle Chile Christian Rev. Juana Rosa Albornoz Guevara, Presidenta de la Iglesia Misión Apostólica de Chile, 1ra. Directora de la Unión Nacional Evangélica de Chile y de la Fraternidad Ecuménica Chile Chile Christian Fernando Guzmán, Las Procuras de Misiones Chile Christian Sr. Karoline Mayer Hofbeck, Chairwoman, La Fundación de Beneficencia Cristo Vive Chile Christian Monseñor Padre Luis Infanti, Obispo de la région Aysén Chile Christian Mary Judith Ress, Maryknoll Lay Missionery, Founding Member of the Conspirando Collective Chile Christian Hermana Marcela Sáenz aci, Conferencia de Religiosas/os de Chile Chile Christian Obispo Siegfried Sander de la Iglesia Luterana de Chile (ILCH) Chile Christian Rev. Dr Juan Esteban Sepúlveda, Servicio Evangélico para el Desarrollo (SEPADE) Chile Christian Rabbi Dr. Richard Gamboa Ben-Eleazar, SecretaryGeneral of the Interfaith Council of Colombia, Manhíg of Shéggel Colombia Jewish Rev. Milton Mejias, General Secretary, Latin American Council of Churches (CLAI) Colombia Christian Rev. Gloria Ulloa, World Council of Churches Colombia Christian Dora Arce Valentín, Head of Justice Program, World Communion of Reformed Churches Cuba/ Germany Christian Rt. Rev. Peter Fischer Møller, Bishop of Roskilde Denmark Christian Dr. Juan Suquillo, Director del Centro Islámico de Ecuador Ecuador Muslim Kari Mäkinen, Archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland Finland Christian Edouard Pihèwa Karoue, International President of IMCS Pax Romana France Christian Ven. Bhikkhuni Thich Nu Chan Khong, Plum Village International Community of Engaged Buddhists France Buddhist Msgr. Stanislas Lalanne, Bishop of Pontoise, France CIDSE – International Alliance of Catholic Development Organisations France Christian Friar Joseph Kwame Blay, Parish Priest of Christ the King Ghana Christian Dr. Dimitra Koukoura. Represents the WCC's Global Christian Forum. Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Greece Christian Miguel Salanic, Coordinador de la Pastoral Indígena Continental (AELAPI) Guatemala Christian Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, Bishop Chancellor of the Pontifical Academies of Sciences and Social Sciences Holy See Christian Miriam Miranda, Organización Fraternal Negra Hondureña, OFRANEH Honduras Christian Fr. Kevin O'Neill, SSC, Superior General, Missionary Society of St. Columban Hong Kong Christian Ven. Thich Chan Phap Kham, Director, Asian Institute of Applied Buddhism, Plum Village International Community of Engaged Buddhists Hong Kong Buddhist Swami Agnivesh, President of the World Council of Arya Samaj “Society of Nobles,” Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders India Hindu Mata Amritanandamayi, Amma ("Mother"), Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders India Hindu Swami Atmapriyananda, Vice Chancellor of Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders India Hindu Rev. Dr. Mar Atsongchanger, President, National Council of Churches in India India Christian Swamiji Jagadguru Karmayogi Charukeerty Bhattarak, Pontiff of Jain Shravanabelagola Math, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders India Hindu H.H. Swami Chandra, Initiated into the Usadin Order by Mahant Girdhari Dassji. Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders India Hindu Swami Chaturvedi, Head of Sri Ramanuja Mission Trust (SRMT) India Hindu Rev. Dr. Roger Gaikwad, General Secretary, National Council of Churches in India India Christian Acharya Shri Shrivatsa Goswami. A leading figure in the Vaishnava Tradition. Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders India Hindu Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay, President, Federation of Asian Bishops´ Conferences (FABC) India Christian Dr. Imam Umer Ahmed Ilyassi, Chief Imam, All India Organisation of Mosques, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders India Muslim His Holiness Acharya Dr. Lokesh Muni, Ahimsa Vishwa Bharati India Jain Dr. Wahidudin Khan, Founder of the Islamic Centre Urdu Islamic Institution, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders India Muslim Rt. Rev. Thomas K. Oommen, Bishop of the Madhya Kerala Diocese of Church of South India and the Deputy Moderator of Church of South India India Christian Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, Director, Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery India Buddhist Dr. Mathew Koshy Punnackadu, Nilackal Ecological Commission Trust Secretary India Christian Skyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche, His Holiness Drikung Kyabgon, Ambassador to UN Global Mountain Partnership India Buddhist Ven. Khandro Rinpoche. Teacher in both the Kagyu and Nyingma Traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders India Buddhist Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati, Secretary General, Global Interfaith WASH Alliance, President, Divine Shakti Foundation India Hindu H.H. Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswati, President Parmarth Niketan, Rishikesh, Co-Founder/Chair Global Interfaith WASH Alliance India Hindu H.H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Founder of Art of Living Foundation, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders India Hindu H.H. Pujya Swami, Chidananda Saraswatiji, President and Spiritual Head of Parmarth Niketan Ashram India Hindu H.H. Radhanath Swami India Hindu Telesphore Placidus Cardinal Toppo, Cardinal Priest and Archbishop of Ranchi in the Roman Catholic Church, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders India Christian Kesang Wangdi, Executive Director, International Buddhist Confederation India Buddhist Dr. Fachruddin Majeri Mangunjaya, MSi, Vice Chairman Centre for Islamic Studies Universitas Nasional Indonesia Muslim Prof. Din Syamsuddin, Co-President of Religion for Peace, Leader of Muhammadiyah, Indonesia Indonesia Muslim Yenny Zannuba Wahid, Director, Wahid Institute Indonesia Muslim William Crean, Bishop of Cloyne Ireland Christian Chief Rabbi Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron, President of the Israeli Sephardic Community Committee, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Israel Jewish Rabbi David Bigman, Head of the Maale Gilboa Yeshiva, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Israel Jewish Rabbi Youval Cherlow, Head of the Chesder Yeshiva of Petach Tikvah, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Israel Jewish Chief Rabbi Shear Yashuv Cohen, Chief Rabbi of Haifa, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Israel Jewish Prior Isabelle Flye-Saintmarie, Prioress of the Monastic Family of Bethlehem, the Assumption of the Virgin and St. Bruno, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Israel Christian Rabbi Michael Melchior, International Director of the Elie Wiesel Foundation, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Israel Jewish Kadi Ahmed Natour, President of the High Muslim Court of Appeal (Israel). Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Israel Muslim Peta Jones Pellach, Member of the Elijah Interfaith Institute Israel Jewish Rabbi David Shlomo Rosen CBE, Director of the American Jewish Committee's Department of Interreligious Affairs and International President of the World Conference of Religions for Peace Israel/ UK Jewish Archbishop Marco Arnolfo, Archdiocese of Vercelli Italy Christian H.E. Luigi Bressan, Archbishop of Trento, Archdiocese of Trento, Co-President, Religions for Peace Italy Christian Fr. Bruno Cadoré, OP, Master of the Order of Preachers, Dominicans Italy Christian Br. Jaime Campos OFM, General Curia of the Order of Friars Minor Italy Christian Fr. José Ignacio Garcia SJ, Director, Jesuit European Social Centre Italy Christian Bishop Paolo Giulietti, Auxiliary Bishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve Italy Christian Fr. Michael Perry, OFM Minister General Order of Friars Minor Italy Christian Rt. Rev Gregory J. Polan, OSB, Abbot Primate of the Benedictine Confederation Italy Christian Fr. Fernando Millán Romeral, O.Carm, Prior General, Carmelite Order Italy Christian Yoshitaka Oba, General Director, Soka Gakkai International (SGI) Japan Buddhist Dr. Agnes Aboum, World Council of Churches, Moderator of Central Committee Kenya Christian Prof. Azizan Baharuddin, Director General of the Institute of Islamic Understanding Malaysia Muslim Dr. John Fozdar, Sarawak Representative, Malaysia Interfaith Network (MIN) Malaysia Interfaith Khamba Lama Gabju Choijmts Demberel, Supreme Patriarch of Mongolia. Mongolia Buddhist Dr. Ahmed Taoufiq, Morocco’s Minister of Habous and Islamic Affairs, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Morocco Muslim Abdelmajid Tribak, Head, Division of Environmental Programmes, Science Directorate, Islamic Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organisation (ISESCO) Morocco Muslim Dr; Chintamani Yogi, Peace Service Center Nepal Buddhist Karin van den Broeke, President of the Protestant Church Netherlands Christain Rabbi Awraham Soetendorp, President, the Jacob Soetendorp Institute for Human Values Netherlands Jewish Rt. Rev. Apimeleki Qiliho, Anglican Church of the Province of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia New Zealand / Polynesia Christian Dr. Robert Howell, Quaker author, researcher and ethical investor New Zealand Quaker Murray Short, National Clerk, Quakers in Aoteoroa New Zealand New Zealand Quaker Prof. Paul Trebilco, Professor of New Testament, University of Otago New Zealand Christian Bishop Josiah Idowu-Fearon, Secretary General of the Anglican Communion, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Nigeria Christian Ingrid Rosendorf Joys, Executive Chair, The Council of Religious and Lifestance Communities in Norway Norway Christian Imam Ibrahim Saidy, Founder of Green Jihad for Peace and Sustainable Development and Member of the Imam Council of Norway Norway Muslim Archbishop John Ribat, President of the Federation of Catholic Bishops Conferences of Oceania and the Catholic Bishops Conference of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands Oceania Christian Muhammad Suheyl Umar, Director of Iqbal Academy Pakistan, Member of the Elijah Interfaith Academy Pakistan Muslim Lourdes Valencia Arsenio, Convenor, Laudato Si Movement for Laguna Lakes and Climate Change, Archdiocese of Manila Ministry on Ecology Philippines Christian Most Rev. Broderick S. Pabillo, D.D, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Manila, Chairman of the Episcopal Commission on the Laity Philippines Christian Rt. Rev. Jonathan Labasan Casimina, Bishop of Davao Philippines Christian Fr. John Leydon, Global Catholic Climate Movement Pilipinas, Missionary Society of St. Columban (MSSC) Philippines Christian Merlinda Marcon, Archdiocese of Manila Ministry on Environment Disaster Response Philippines Christian Bernadette Yap, Catholic Stewards of Creation, Inc. Philippines Christian Neeshad Shafi, Founding Member of CAN Arab World Qatar Mulim Rabbi Menachem Hacohen, Chief Rabbi of Romania, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Romania Jewish Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar, Chairman of the Rabbinical Council of the World Congress of Russian Jewry. Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Russia Jewish Othman Abd-ar-Rahman Llewellyn, Environmental Planner, Saudi Wildlife Authority, Saudi Arabia and Member, IUCN Commissions on Protected Areas & Environmental Law Saudi Arabia Muslim Most Ven. Thibbatuwawe Sri Siddhartha Sumangala Thero - Mahanayaka of the Malwatta Chapter of Siyam Nikaya Sri Lanka Buddhist Most Ven. Warakagoda Sri Gnanarathana Thero Mahanayaka of the Asgiriya Chapter of Siyam Nikaya Sri Lanka Buddhist Most Ven. Davuldena Sri Gnanissara Thero - Supreme Mahanayaka of Amarapura Nikaya Sri Lanka Buddhist Most Ven. Napana Pemasiri Thera - Mahanayaka of the Sri Lanka Ramanna Nikaya Sri Lanka Buddhist Most Ven. Ittapane Dhammalankara Thera Mahanayaka of the Kotte Sri Kalyani Samagri Dharma Mahasangha Sabha of Siyam Nikaya Sri Lanka Buddhist Most Ven. Thrikunamale Ananda Thero - Mahanayaka of the Dharmarakshitha Chapter of Amarapura Nikaya Sri Lanka Buddhist Ven. Dr. Bhikkhuni Kusuma. Pioneered the reestablishment of the female Bhikkhuni Buddhist order. Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Sri Lanka Buddhist Rev. Dr. Allan Aubrey Boesak, Executive Director and Chair of the Desmond Tutu Center and National President, Association of Christian Students in South Africa and National Vice President, South African Council of Churches South Africa Christian Most Rev. Dr. Thabo Makgoba, Primate of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, ACT Alliance Climate Justice Ambassador, Chair Anglican Environment Network South Africa Christian Rev. Dr. Rachel Mash, Provincial Environmental Coordinator, Anglican Church of Southern Africa South Africa Christian Archbishop of the Orthodox Archbishopric of Zimbabwe and Angola Serafim Kykkotis, Head of the Office on Climate Change Crisis and Poverty of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa South Africa Christian/ Orthodox Dr. Chad Nicholas Gandiya, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Harare of the Church of the Province of Central Africa (CPCA) South Africa Christian Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, The Most Rev. Desmond Tutu South Africa Christian Ven. Prof. Jinwol Sunim, President of United Religions Initiative of Korea, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders South Korea Buddhist Dharmachari Guhyapati, Ecodharma Centre Spain Buddhist Rev. Henrik Grape, Coordinator of the WCC Working Group on Climate Change, Church of Sweden Sweden Christian Archbishop Dr. Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of Uppsala in Sweden and Primate of the Church of Sweden Sweden Christian Bishop Emeritus Lennart Koskinen, Bishop of Visby and the Church of Sweden Overseas, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Sweden Christian Anders Wejryd, President for Europe, World Council of Churches, Archbishop emeritus Church of Sweden Sweden Christian Swami Amarananda, Director of the Centre Védantique in Geneva, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Switzerland Hindu Fr. Markus Heinze, Executive Director, Franciscans International Switzerland Christian Rev. Dr. Martin Junge, General Secretary of the Lutheran World Federation Switzerland/ Chile Christian Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, General Secretary, World Council of Churches Switzerland/ Norway Christian Dharma Master Hsin Tao, Founder, Museum of World Religions, Ling Jiou Mountain Buddhist Society, Global Family for Love and Peace Taiwan Buddhist Dharma Master Cheng Yen, Founder, Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation Taiwan Buddhist Ven. Phra Dharmakosajarn, Rector of Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University (MCU), Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Thailand Buddhist H.H the Drikung Kyabgön Chetsang Tibet Buddhist H.H the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje Tibet Buddhist H.H the Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama Tibet Buddhist H.E the 12th Tai Situpa Rinpoche Tibet Buddhist H.H the Sakya Trizin, Supreme Head of the Sakya Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism Tibet Buddhist Archbishop Zakeos Mesrob, 84th Armenian Patriarch of Istanbul & All Turkey, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Turkey Christian Ven. Buddharakkhita Bhikkhu (Africa), founder, Uganda Buddhist Centre Uganda Buddhist Bishop Nathan Kyamanywa, Bunyoro-Kitara Diocese Uganda Christian Bhai Sahib Bhai Mohinder Singh Ahluwalia, Chairman, Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha (GNNSJ) UK Sikh Andy Atkins, CEO, A Rocha UK UK Christian Kiran Bali MBE JP, Global Chairperson, United Religions Initiative UK Hindu Rt. Rev. Dr. Russell Barr, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland UK Christian Rev. Dave Bookless, Director of Theology, A Rocha UK Christian Rob Burbea, Resident Teacher, Gaia House UK Buddhist Rt. Rev. Dr Richard Cheetham, Bishop of Kingston, Church of England UK Christian Most Rev. David Chillingworth, Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church. UK Christian Prof. David Clough, Professor of Theological Ethics, University of Chester UK Christian Rt. Rev. John Davies, Bishop of Swansea and Brecon UK Christian Rev Sally Foster-Fulton, Head of Christian Aid Scotland UK Christian Ram Gidoomal CBE, Chairman, South Asian Development Partnership UK Christian Canon Giles Goddard, General Synod, Church of England UK Christian Naser Haghamed, CEO, Islamic Relief Worldwide UK Muslim Rt. Rev. Nicholas Holtam, Bishop of Salisbury, Church of England UK Christian Dr. Shahrul Hussain, Trustee, Abrahamic Foundation UK Muslim Kirsten Kratz, Guiding Teacher, Gaia House, Insight Meditation Centre UK Buddhist Fazlun Khalid, Founder-Director of the Islamic Foundation for Ecology and Environmental Science (IFEES) UK Muslim Sr. Jayanti Kirplani, Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University UK Brahma Kumaris Rabbi Natan Levy, Teaching Fellow, Leo Baeck College UK Jewish Catherine McGee, Guiding Teacher, Gaia House, Insight Meditation Centre UK Buddhist Most Rev. Barry Morgan, Archbishop of Wales UK Christian Dr. Shuruq Naguib, Lecturer in the department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion, Lancaster University UK Muslim Jeffrey Newman, Rabbi Emeritus of Finchley Reform Synagogue and Adviser to the International Secretariat of www.EarthCharter.org UK Jewish Very Rev. June Osborne, Dean of Salisbury, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders UK Christian Martin Palmer, Secretary General, Alliance and Religious Conservation (ARC) UK Christian Paul Parker, Recording Clerk, Quakers in Britain UK Christian Rev. Dr. David Pickering, Minister of St Andrew's Leeds and Moderator of the United Reformed Church's National Synod of Scotland UK Christian Yanai Postelnik, Guiding Teacher, Gaia House, Insight Meditation Centre UK Buddhist Imam Abduljalil Sajid, Chairman of Muslim Council for Religious and Racial Harmony (MCRRH) and one of the Founders of the Muslim Council of Britain, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders UK Muslim Mary Sweetland, Chair of Eco-Congregation Scotland UK Christian Bishop Joseph Toal, Diocese of Motherwell, Scotland UK Christian Rt. Hon Dr. Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury UK Christian Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg, Rabbi of the New North London Synagogue and Senior Rabbi of The Assembly of Masorti Synagogues UK, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders UK Jewish Bishop Michele Frank Pollesel, Bishop of the Diocese of Uruguay Uruguay Christian Sheikh Muhammad Nur Abdallah, Imam and Director for the Islamic Foundation of Greater St. Louis, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders USA Muslim Imam Johari Abdul-Malik, Director of Outreach, Dar alHijrah Islamic Center USA Muslim Ibrahm Abdul-Matin, author of "Green Deen: What Islam Teaches About Protecting the Planet." USA Muslim Ivan Abrahams, General Secretary, World Methodist Council USA Christian Aisha H.L al-Adawiya, Founder and Chair, Women In Islam Inc. USA Muslim Sahar Alsahlani, Member of the Executive Council of Religions for Peace USA, Representative of the Al Khoei Foundation USA Muslim Rt. Rev. Marc Handley Andrus, Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of California USA Christian Rev. Dr. Neddy Astudillo, GreenFaith Latin America Coordinator USA Christian Azhar Azeez, President of Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) USA Muslim Dr. Y. Mossa Basha, Chairman, Muslim American Coalition, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders USA Muslim Rt. Rev. Mark M. Beckwith, Bishop of Newark USA Christian Br. Clark Berge SSF, Minister General, Society of St. Francis USA Christian Ven. Anandabodhi Bhikkhuni, Co-founder of Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery USA Buddhist Ven. Santacitta Bhikkhuni, Co-founder of Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery USA Buddhist Ven. Santussika Bhikkhuni, Karuna Buddhist Vihara and Founder of Buddhist Climate Action Network (BCAN) USA Buddhist Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi, Founder, Buddhist Global Relief USA Buddhist Tara Brach, Insight Meditation Community of Washington, Senior Teacher and Founder USA Buddhist Prof. Rev. Walter Brueggemann, Professor Emeritus, Columbia Theological Seminary USA Christian Patrick Carolan, Executive Director, Franciscan Action Network USA Christian Gretchen Castle, General Secretary of Friends World Committee for Consultation USA Quaker Imam Saffet Abid Catovic, Chairman Green Muslims of New Jersey (GMNJ) USA/ Bosnia Muslim Ven. Thubten Chodron, Founder and Abbess of Sravasti Abbey USA Buddhist Roy (Bud) Cederholm, Bishop Suffragan of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts USA Christian Colin Christopher, Executive Director, Green Muslims USA Muslim Rev. Dr. Miguel A. De La Torre, Professor of Social Ethics and Latinx Studies at the Iliff School of Theology USA Christian Prof.Celia Deane-Drummond, Professor of Theology, Moral Theology/Christian Ethics, Systematic Theology USA Christian Imam Plemon El-Amin, Resident Imam of the Atlanta Masjid of Al-Islam, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders USA Muslim Shaykh Mohamed-Umer Esmail, Nueces Mosque USA Muslim Ven. Norman Fischer, Founder and Teacher of the Everyday Zen Foundation, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders USA Buddhist Rabbi Pamela Frydman, Rabbis for Religious Freedom and Equality in Israel USA Jewish Prof. Roger S. Gottlieb, Professor of Philosophy at Worcester Polytechnic Institute USA Jewish Rabbi Arthur Green, Rector, Rabbinical School, Hebrew College, Newton MA USA Jewish Most Rev. Frank T. 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Pastor, Grace and St.Paul's Church USA Christian Prof. Jennifer Herdt, Professor of Christian Ethics and Religious Studies, Yale University USA Christian Tomas Insua, Executive Director, Global Catholic Climate Movement (GCCM) USA Christian Dr. Pankaj Jain, Associate Professor, University of Nortth Texas USA Jain Shaykh Hisham Kabbani, Founder and Chairman of the Islamic Supreme Council of America, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders USA Muslim Dr. Jack Kornfield, Founder of the Spirit Rock Center USA Buddhist Gerry Lee, Executive Director, Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns USA Christian Rabbi Mordechai Liebling, Director, Tikkun Olam Commission of the Jewish Reconstructionist Communities USA Jewish Dr. Erin Lothes, Assistant Professor of Theology at the College of Saint Elizabeth USA Catholic David R. Loy, Zen Teacher in the Sanbo Zen Tradition of Japanese Buddhism USA Buddhist Rabbi Richard Marker, Vice Chair of the International Jewish Committee on Interreligious Consultations, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders USA Jewish Rabbi Natan Martin, Direcor of Student Life, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (RRC) and Associate Rabbi at Congregation Beth Israel USA Jewish Sr. Patricia McDermott, RSM, President of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas USA Christian Metropolitan Nikitas Lulias, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders USA Christian Lama Willa Milla, Natural Dharma Fellowship USA Buddhist Rev. Peter Morales, President, Unitarian Universalist Association USA Christian Dr. T. Kenjitsu Nakagaki, President of the Buddhist Council of New York USA Christian Beth Norcross, Founding Director, the Center for Spirituality in Nature USA Spiritual Rev. Dr. John T. Pawlikowski, OSM, Ph.D, Director of Catholic-Jewish Studies Program, University of Chicago USA Christian Br. Michael Potvin-Frost, Order of Franciscan Hermits USA Christian Diane Randall, Executive Secretary, Friends Committee on National Legislation USA Quaker Prof. Larry L. Rasmussen, is Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics emeritus at Union Theological Seminary and author (with Dieter Hessel) of Earth Community USA Christian Dr. Joerg Rieger, Cal Turner Chancellor's Chair in Wesleyan Studies and Distinguished Professor of Theology at the Divinity School and the Graduate Program in Religion at Vanderbilt University USA Christian Dr. Donald Rothberg, Leader in Socially Engaged Spirituality, Spirit Rock Center; East Bay Meditation Center USA Buddhist Dr. Nicolae Roddy, Associate Professor of Theology at Creighton University, USA Jewish Richard Rohr, O.F.M, Founding Director and Academic Dean of the Living School for Action and Contemplation USA Catholic Imam Al-Hajj Talib ‘Abdur-Rashid, Vice President of The Muslim Alliance in North America USA Muslim Dr. Saiyid Masroor Shah, Chairman of Green Masjid Task Force USA Muslim Imam Zaid Shakir, Co-founder and Chairman of Student Affairs at Zaytuna College USA Muslim Dr. Muzammil H. Siddiqi, Chairman of the Fiqh (Islamic Law) Council of North America (FCNA) USA Muslim Rev.Dr. Ronald Sider, Evangelicals for Social Action USA Christian Dr. Rajwant Singh, Founder and President of EcoSikh USA Sikh Shakeel Syed, Executive Director, Islamic Shura Council of Southern California USA Muslim Dr. Sayyid M. Syeed, National Director for the Office for Interfaith & Community Alliances for the Islamic Society of North America USA Muslim Rabbi Lawrence Troster, Founder of Shomrei Breishit USA Jewish Mary Evelyn Tucker, Co-Director, Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology USA Interfaith Shaikh Mohamed Umer-Esmail, Imam of the Nueces Mosque USA Muslim Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Executive Director, Shalom Center USA Jewish Thanissara Mary Weinberg, Founder, Sacred Mountain Sangha USA Buddhist Prof. Norman Wirzba, Professor of Theology, Ecology, and Agrarian Studies at Duke Divinty School; Senior Fellow at the Kenan Institute for Ethics USA Christian Rev. Suzanne Matale, General Secretary, Council of Churches of Zambia Zambia Christian About Us The drafting and dissemination of theCOP22Interfaith Climate Statement to World Leaders and the related event on 10 November 2016was in joint collaboration with representatives from 33 faith-based organisationsfrom across the world: ACT Alliance, ACT Alianza, Anglican Church of Australia, Australian Religious Response to Climate Change (ARRCC), Bhumi Project, Bishop John Henderson’s Office, Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University, Catholic Earthcare Australia, Consejo Latinoamericano de Iglesias (CLAI) Christian Aid, Eco Friendly Volunteers (ECO-V), EcoSikh, Elijah Interfaith Institute, Faith for the Climate Network in England, Federation of Australian Buddhist Councils Inc, Federación Universal de Movimientos Estudiantiles Cristianos (FUMEC), Franciscan Action Network (FAN) - Friends Committee on National Legislation, FOCSIV, Global Catholic Climate Movement (GCCM), Global Muslim Climate Movement (GMCN), GreenFaith, Green Muslims, Islamic Relief Worldwide, Jain Ecology, Lutheran World Federation, Multifaith Association of South Australia, One Earth Sangha, Quaker United Nations Office, The Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology, Tri-State Coalition for Responsible Investment, Trócaire, United Religions Initiative (URI) and World Council of Churches (WCC).
