Faith for the Climate exists to encourage, inspire and equip faith communities in their work on the climate crisis. People of faith see our planet as a gift, and believe we have a sacred responsibility to show solidarity and support for those who have done the least to cause climate change but are suffering its worst impacts.
Many of our faiths and belief systems also share a “Golden Rule”: treat others as you wish to be treated. Faith communities have a unique and precious role to play – in our thought, speech, worship and action, alongside and in partnership with secular environmental organisations – enabling people of faith to live out their calling by acting to protect the climate.
Take Action
First steps
1) New to climate action, and wondering what first steps to take? JustTake the Jump
2) Sign the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
3) Register for our climate justice workshops
In your faith circles
1) Read about our faith-inspired principles of climate justice.
2) Sign The Climate Coalition’s open letter to our political leaders
Other actions to support
1) Warm This Winter – a campaign to tackle the cost-of-living and climate crises together
2) The People’s Plan for Nature – a vision for the future of nature and what we can and must do to protect it.
Forthcoming Events
On Sunday, June 9th we are hosting an interfaith picnic at St John’s in Waterloo, London, from 1 pm – 4 pm.
This event will also include creative and Interfaith responses and commitment to the climate crisis.
More information coming soon.
Faiths for Climate Justice online workshops: May 2024
REGISTRATIONS OPEN
Choose one of these two dates:
Tuesday, 21 May, 5.30-7.30pm BST or
Wednesday, 22 May, 5.30-7.30pm, BST
Get more information and register here.
Click here for additional details
News
‘The Nation Needs You!’:
People of faith, the Climate & Ecology Bill, and
the general election
In this blog, Jamie Russell from Zero Hour,
the campaign supporting the Climate & Ecology Bill
in Parliament, talks about their new campaign.
Video of Martin Luther King Jr’s final Christmas sermon
On Martin Luther King Jr Day (15 Jan 2024), we are honoured to launch the video recording of the live reading and reimagining of Dr. King’s final Christmas sermon, memorably performed by the brilliant Adjoa Andoh and Paterson Joseph.
Faith for the Climate showed solidarity with Black History Month by co-hosting a series
of events with St John’s Church in Waterloo, London, as part of their Exploring Spirit season. More here.
Faith groups say #EndFossilFuels #FastFairForever
A roundup of what the Faith for the Climate network got up to on the #EndFossilFuels global mobilisation weekend (15-17 Sept 2023). Read our update here. (Pic by Joe Newman)
Lloyd’s of London letter hand-in
On Thursday, 14th September 2023, faith leaders handed in a letter in person to Lloyd’s of London. Read more about it here.
Historic recognition for climate justice
A global initiative Faith for the Climate has supported has won prestigious recognition, raising awareness of the connection between the climate and ecological crisis and human rights.
“All life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”
– Revd Dr Martin Luther King Jr (1929-1968), US Baptist minister, civil rights leader, and political thinker.
“When I marched in Selma (with Dr King), my feet were praying.”
– Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972), Jewish theologian, philosopher and US civil rights leader.