Faith for Earth: Climate Change and Environmental Justice
Faith-based organizations (FBOs) have been recognized as important players in protecting the environment and working towards climate justice. Their agility is crucial, especially at the local level and with other faith actors.
In recent years, policymakers have begun to engage FBOs in environmental conservation and natural resources management as representatives of sustainable institutions. Tapping into the spiritual wealth of people and their beliefs stimulates people’s engagement and the organizational drive to contribute.
Leading the way in these efforts, the UNEP launched the Faith for Earth Initiative in November 2017, partnering with FBOs on the acheivement of the Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda.
KAICIID, the Coalition of Faith-Based Organizations, UNEP and UNODC are hosting a special webinar on the issue of Faith and Environment within the 2030 Agenda, inviting leading experts to discuss climate change action and best practices for environmental justice.
Learn more about the Coalition of Faith-Based Organizations:
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The Coalition of Faith-Based Organizations (FBO Coalition) is a broadly-based multi-faith coalition of leading representatives of the world’s great religious traditions, along with interfaith leaders, academics, and practitioners actively engaged in various areas of criminal justice and crime prevention. The FBO Coalition encourages responsible collaboration with various UN agencies, most notably the UNODC, the Inter-Agency Task Force on Religion and Sustainable Development, and ECOSOC. The FBO Coalition is working in partnership with the Vienna-based NGO Alliance for Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice.
Learn more about the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP):
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The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system, and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment. The Faith for Earth Initiative’s mission is to encourage, empower and engage with faith-based organizations as partners, at all levels, toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and fulfilling the 2030 Agenda.
Learn more about the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC):
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For two decades, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has been helping make the world safer from drugs, organized crime, corruption and terrorism. We are committed to achieving health, security and justice for all by tackling these threats and promoting peace and sustainable well-being as deterrents to them.
