Islamic Declaration on Global Climate Change

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The Islamic Declaration on Global Climate Change was launched by Islamic leaders from 20 countries at the International Islamic Climate Change Symposium in Istanbul on August 17-18, 2015. The Declaration presents the moral case, based on Islamic teachings, for the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims and people of all faiths worldwide to take urgent climate action.

Read the declaration: http://islamicclimatedeclaration.org/islamic-declaration-on-global-climate-change/

Related News Articles:

“Major Islamic Climate Change Declaration Released” Press Release, August 18, 2015 http://www.greenfaith.org/media/press-releases/major-islamic-climate-change-declaration-released

“Can Islamic scholars change thinking on climate change?” By Davide Castelvecchi, Quirin Schiermeier, & Richard Hodson, Nature, August 19, 2015 http://www.nature.com/news/can-islamic-scholars-change-thinking-on-climate-change-1.18203

“The Islamic Climate Change Declaration Could Be More Effective Than Pope Francis's Encyclical” By Emma Foehringer Merchant, New Republic, August 19, 2015 http://www.newrepublic.com/article/122575/islamic-climate-change-declaration-more-effective-encyclical

Shared from: Forum on Religion and Ecology Newsletter (September 2015)