Partner event at COP26
Independent collaborative event which took place during COP26 in Glasgow.
Co-Hosted by Faith for Ecocide Law, Stop Ecocide International, Ecocide Alliance
Watch the event:
Faith for Ecocide Law
Concept:
More than 80% of the world's population identify themselves as adhering to a religion. In all religions there are components of ethics and how to understand the natural world. To protect the most vulnerable is something that most traditions have. That's why faith voices are needed to get an international law on ecocide
Speakers:
Ordained in Church of Sweden (Lutheran). Sustainable Development Officer, Church of Sweden . Member of European Christian Environmental Network steering committee and World Council of Churches (WCC) working group on climate change. WCC Senior advisor on Care for Creation, Sustainability and Climate Justice. Head of WCC delegation to UNFCCC COP.
Representing Soka Gakkai International (SGI), a community-based Buddhist organisation that promotes peace, culture and education. Alexandra coordinates SGI's advocacy work on human rights, climate change and the environment.
General Secretary of the Pacific Conference of Churches. Ordained Minister of the Methodist Church in Fiji. He has a Master’s Degree in Theology majoring in Christian Social Ethics.
Executive Director, GreenFaith. Co-founder of Shine and author of GreenFaith: Mobilizing God’s People to Protect the Earth.
Statements of support from the faith community this week:
The Swedish Bishops Synod supports the demands that ecocide shall be an internationally acknowledged crime in the Rome statute of the International Criminal court. 27/10/21
His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew 1 announces his support, 28/10/21 .
Find it at 1.31m HERE
