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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).
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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. Griswold, Former Presiding Bishop,
Primate and Chief Pastor of the Episcopal Church,
President of the House of Bishops, Member of the
Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders
USA
Christian
Rev. Joan Jiko Halifax, Abbot of Upaya Zen Center
USA
Buddhist
Jaydee Hanson, Virginia Conference United Methodist
Board of Church & Society
USA
Christian
Rev. Fletcher Harper, Executive Director,GreenFaith
USA
Interfaith
Rev. Martin Hauser. 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 the​COP22​Interfaith Climate Statement to World Leaders
and the related event on ​10 November 2016​was in joint collaboration with representatives from ​
33 ​faith-based ​organisations​from 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)​.