Update #19

COP26: ‘Glasgow ends today, but the real work begins now’: Today, as COP26 concluded, ordinary people came to the forefront in the final plenary session. “This agreement has made some progress and we cannot afford no progress,” said the envoy from the vulnerable Marshall Islands in the Pacific. But is the change happening fast enough? Bill McKibben of the influential 350 Degrees organisation said last week: “Winning slowly, in relation to climate change, is the same as losing.” Read more

Levy: Sustainable Caterers at COP26: We are taking significant steps to improve our business practises and reduce our emissions, including training our teams on sustainable working practices, energy efficiency, and recycling. We have partnered with Swedish startup Klimato to calculate the carbon footprint of the dishes served at COP26 and will communicate the footprint of each dish on menu boards and online. Read more

Prayer for the Day examines climate change from Judaism perspective: FaithInvest founder and CEO Martin Palmer has released a series of prayers and meditations focusing on climate change through the lens of various faiths. The six prayers have featured on BBC Radio 4’s Prayer for the Day throughout the COP26 climate conference currently taking place in Glasgow. On Tuesday 9 November, Martin turned to the teachings of Judaism to consider humankind’s relationship with its creator and environment on BBC4

A Pictorial View of COP – Inside and Outside #6 COP26: we begin and end with prayer. Then out and about, and a look at the ongoing consequences of climate change – Read more

COP26: ‘Glasgow ends today, but the real work begins now’: We reiterate this heading … The Climate Conference is over, but the work of emissions reduction, mitigation, adaptation and aid to vulnerable nations will proceed. The astonishing determination of youth will continue. They demand intergenerational justice – and they will create this justice. The in-depth analysis and application of the various elements of the Paris Agreement by faith communities will create a new future on a new earth. The creation – and delivery – of the The Interfaith Talanoa Dialogue Call to COP26 illustrates the determination and will of the people of faith to cut through to the core of what it means to be human, and to live in harmony with nature and the Earth.

There is much to come in the task of creating a future of human flourishing and nature flourishing – together – in harmony and balance.

 

Although the Glasgow conference is finished, this website will continue service – as loka sevanam (service to the Earth) – to unfold interfaith and multifaith intiatives in the fields of faith and belief and climate change. More and more faith leaders, theologians, philosophers, teachers and students, are ploughing the fields of ecology, the environment and the care of our common home. We shall continue to cover these – and more – advances that bring humanity and nature closer to the image and likeness of the Divine.