This year, the Parliament of the World’s Religions has continued its commitment to the organization’s ongoing work, which sustains the organization’s impact between convenings.
The Parliament’s Climate Action Task Force continued its Buddhist-Catholic dialogue series this year and also published three supplements to the 2020 “Faith Action on the UN Sustainable Development Goals” in partnership with UNEP Faith for Earth Initiative, United Religions Initiative, and the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology.
The Climate Action Task Force also hosted and partnered on a number of significant events, including:
- a World Environment Day event with the Center for Earth Ethics, the Committee of Religious NGOs at the UN, the Episcopal Church, and the NGO Committee on Human Rights;
- a webinar on “Faith and a Treaty for Climate Justice” with GreenFaith and the Fossil Fuels Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative;
- a climate repentance webinar with Elijah Interfaith Institute; a webinar on faith-based climate action at the United Nations;
- a climate finance summit with GreenFaith; and
- an online event with Interfaith Rainforest Initiative urgently calling to protect the Amazon ahead of COP28, the UN Climate Change conference.
In a special statement submitted through UN channels, the Climate Action Task Force called for an amendment to the UN Charter to repurpose the Trusteeship Council in order to focus on next-generation rights and responsibilities.
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