The Climate Crisis and Religious Action: Insights from the UN Climate Conference

Rabbi Yonatan Neril, founding director of the Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development (ICSD), speaks about bringing religion on board to address the climate crisis. He speaks to the spiritual roots, and solutions, to our ecological challenges. He spoke as part of a multifaith press conference that took place at the UN climate conference COP 27 on the Sinai Peninsula in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, and that was co-organized by ICSD.

Religious communities and religious leaders have a key role to play in addressing climate change and climate justice, which requires deep transformation within society. The knowledge of what changes are critically needed to diminish long-term harm to the planet is readily available. However, bringing about change in action demands deeper changes in attitude, a change of heart. This has been the domain of religions for millennia. Religions are sources of inspiration for the transformation of heart and the ensuing changes of attitude. In this video, Rabbi Neril shares about how to bring religion to bear to promote climate action.