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Via the Parliament of the World’s Religions:
[/vc_column_text][mk_blockquote font_family=”none”](Bonn, November 10, 2017) Scores of religious leaders and people of diverse faiths and spiritualities on bicycles, some wearing traditional religious clothing, delivered a multi-faith statement to the UN Conference on Climate Change (COP23), pledging to adopt sustainable behaviors themselves and calling on their followers and world leaders to do the same. The delivery also marked the launch of a new international, multi-faith sustainable lifestyles initiative.
Bishop Marc Andrus of the Episcopal Diocese of California was among faith leaders carrying the message to the UN meeting on bikes, symbolizing a commitment to sustainable transport. “By changing our own lifestyles, the lifestyles of our congregants, and the consumption habits of our congregations, we can help make good on our commitment to the Paris Agreement,” he says. “For us, it’s a way to state loudly and clearly: We’re still in.”
The COP23 Interfaith Climate Statement on Sustainable Lifestyle, entitled Walk Gently on Earth (Download Here), represents a shared assertion by religious leaders globally that widespread sustainable behavior change is required if global temperature rise is to meet the targets established by the Paris Climate Agreement.[/mk_blockquote][vc_btn title=”LEARN MORE” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#3d554e” outline_custom_hover_background=”rgba(61,85,78,0.73)” outline_custom_hover_text=”#ffffff” i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-angle-right” add_icon=”true” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2FRead%20more%20about%20this%20initiative%20coordinated%20by%20GreenFaith%20%3E%3E||target:%20_blank|” css=”.vc_custom_1553548277060{border-radius: 4px !important;}”][mk_padding_divider][vc_single_image image=”11707″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_rounded” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” link=”https://parliamentofreligions.org/blog/2017-11-10-0443/spiritual-leaders-deliver-interfaith-climate-declaration-cop23-bicycle”][/vc_column][/vc_row]