The Spiritual Root of Climate Change (UN Climate Change Conference)

What is the deeper spiritual cause behind the climate crisis? At a press conference held by Rabbi Yonatan Neril during the Marrakesh Climate Conference, His Eminence Archbishop Seraphim Kykkotis offers his perspective on this question, exploring the spiritual roots underlying humanity’s environmental destruction. Speaking from an Orthodox Christian standpoint, Archbishop Kykkotis examines how a departure from spiritual values — humility, restraint, and reverence for creation — has contributed to the ecological crisis the world now faces. His remarks add an important Orthodox Christian voice to the broader interfaith dialogue on the spiritual dimensions of climate change, reinforcing a recurring theme across faith traditions at the UN summit: that lasting environmental solutions must address not just external behavior, but the inner spiritual condition driving it. Viewers interested in related themes can also check out a companion video on responsibility towards the planet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OKG8b6dnQM&t=1s