It’s been ten years since Pope Francis issued his landmark encyclical on climate and caring for our common home, Laudato Si’. With the election of the new Pope Leo XIV, many are hopeful he will follow in Francis' path.
Three-quarters of the global population follow a major religion. And the Catholic Church is far from alone among religious institutions in its directives to care for creation. A few years after Laudato Si, Muslim leaders issued Al-Mizan, which restates principles from the Quran on protecting nature in terms of meeting current challenges. Organizations like Interfaith Power and Light, the Jewish group Dayenu, the Hindu Bhumi Project, and the Buddhist Climate Action Network demonstrate the universality of creation care as central to religions worldwide.
Especially at a time when governments are failing to take meaningful action on climate progress, can faith traditions provide new paths forward?
Guests:
Celia Deane-Drummond, Director, Laudato Si' Research Institute; Senior Research Fellow in Theology at Campion Hall, University of Oxford
Rabbi Jennie Rosenn, Founder & CEO, Dayenu
Iyad Abumoghli, Founder, Former Director, Faith for Earth Coalition, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); Founder and Chair, Al-Mizan
For show notes and related links, visit ClimateOne.org.
Highlights:
00:00 – Intro
00:10 – Quick update on COP30 conclusions
03:40 – Celia Deane-Drummond explains importance of Laudato Si’
08:15 – Will Pope Leo continue Pope Leo’s environmental legacy?
11:00 – Role of religion and ethics in climate conversations
17:45 – Rabbi Jennie Rosenn explains Jewish concept of Dayenu
20:30 – What religious leaders can do that political leaders can’t
26:30 – Rosenn on deregulatory agenda of EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin
37:45 – Iyad Abumoghli on how religion shapes human actions
40:30 – Al-Mizan’s origins and approach
51:00 – Faith and political leaders meeting to discuss the role of faith and values in facing climate change and climate justice
54:40 – Climate One More Thing
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