Australian Friends in climate change call
Friends joined with others to sign a statement on climate change
Australia Yearly Meeting presiding clerk Jo Jordan, on behalf of Australian Quakers, has signed an interfaith statement on climate change (COP22).
Jo joined other faith leaders at the recent National Council of Churches in Australia Assembly in Sydney to sign the statement, which was published on 10 November. The statement calls for greater commitment to divesting from fossil fuels, an increase in global financial flows to end energy poverty, and for countries to commit to reducing emissions.
The statement stresses that ‘across all faiths we share a moral obligation to not harm others, to be fair and to care for the vulnerable’. It has been signed by Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jain, Muslim, Sikh, indigenous and spiritual leaders, among them the Dalai Lama and Gretchen Castle, general secretary of Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC).
