INTERFAITH CLIMATE CHANGE STATEMENT TO WORLD LEADERS

APRIL 18, 2016 Statement by Religious and Spiritual Leaders on the Occasion of the UN Secretary General’s High Level Signature Ceremony for the Paris Climate Change Agreement.

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1 INTERFAITH CLIMATE CHANGE STATEMENT TO WORLD LEADERS

18th April 2016

Ahead of the Paris Agreement Signing Ceremony at the Headquarters on 22nd April 2016, as religious and spiritual leaders, we stand together to urge all Heads of State to promptly sign and ratify the Paris Agreement.

Caring for the Earth is our shared responsibility. Each one of us has a “moral responsibility to act,” as so powerfully stated by the Pope’s Encyclical and in the climate change statements by Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh, and other faith leaders [1]. The planet has already passed safe levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Unless these levels are rapidly reduced, we risk creating irreversible impacts putting hundreds of millions of lives, of all species, at severe risk. The challenges ahead require honesty and courage and we all must take action to reduce emissions.

Humanity is at a crucial turning point. We as faith communities recognize that we must begin a transition away from polluting fossil fuels and towards clean renewable energy sources. It is clear that for many people significant lifestyle changes will have to be made. We must strive for alternatives to the culture of consumerism that is so destructive to ourselves and to our planet.

The unprecedented consensus resulting in the adoption of the Paris Agreement, welcomed by faith communities the world over, has opened up a new path towards a low-carbon, climate resilient transformation of the global economy. The global collaboration by all nations is proof that our shared values are far greater than any differences that divide us. It demonstrates that the sense of collective responsibility shared by all nations and society is far more powerful than the recklessness and greed of the few.

We are united in our support for the full and ambitious implementation of the Paris Agreement and of all other decisions adopted at COP 21. To achieve the 1.5C goal, governments must accelerate climate action before 2020 and also greatly increase the level of ambition of the future Nationally- INTERFAITHDetermined Contributions (NDCs), CLIMATE rapidly converting them CHANGE into national policies, law and programmes. These commitments must be defined by increasing ambition outlined in national road-maps on how to transform our societies and economies by 2050 and clearly integrated into STATEMENTnational development plans. 2016 We recognise the importance of peaking of global emissions by 2020, rapid phasing out of all fossil fuel subsidies and a transition to 100 per cent renewable energies by 2050. Finally, we note that more progress on the scaling up of finance, particularly for adaptation and loss and damage, is required so as to help vulnerable countries better prepare for climate impacts and to help us all in our transformationAPRIL 18, to a 2016 safe, zero carbon future. Statement by Religious and Spiritual Leaders on the occasion Climate change presents our global family with the opportunity to embark on a path of spiritual of the UN Secretary General’s High Level Signature Ceremony renewal defined by deeper awareness and greater ecological action. Every act to protect and care for the Paris Climate Change Agreement. for all beings connects us to one another, deepening the spiritual dimension of our lives. We must reflect on the true nature of our interrelationshipwww.interfaithclimatestatement2016.org to the Earth. It is not a resource for us to exploit at our will. It is a sacred inheritance and a precious home which we must protect. United with the

2 shared hope that arises from faith, we the undersigned believe that the means, desire, and will to care for Earth and all life can and will become action as our political leaders ratify the promises made in Paris - and thus safeguard the greater promises of this generation and of all those to come.

We therefore:

• Urge governments to rapidly sign, ratify and implement the Paris Agreement, and to increase pledges to reduce emissions in line with keeping the global temperature rise to 1.5C above pre- industrial levels;

• Insist on rapid emissions reduction and peaking by 2020, in order to keep the 1.5C limit within reach;

• Strongly advocate the greater flows of finance, especially for adaptation and loss and damage;

• Urge the swift phase out of all fossil fuel subsidies and transition from fossil fuels to 100% renewable energy by 2050;

• Encourage faith communities to reduce emissions in their homes, workplaces and centres of worship and to support and stand in solidarity with communities already impacted by climate change;

• Call for fossil fuel divestment and reinvestment in renewables and low carbon solutions, including within our own communities, and/or by engaging companies on climate change.

Signatories

The Statement was signed by 270 high level faith leaders, 176 different groups and more than 4000 individuals.

The names of the signing faith leaders are in the following pages.

About Us

The drafting and dissemination of the Interfaith Climate Change Statement to World Leaders and the related event on April 18th 2016, have been facilitated by GreenFaith in joint collaboration with representatives from 15 organisations: ACT Alliance, Bhumi Project, Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University, Catholic Earthcare Australia, Eco-Sikh, Elijah Interfaith Institute, Global Buddhist Climate Change Collective, Global Catholic Climate Movement, GreenFaith, Islamic Relief Worldwide, Lutheran World Federation, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhists, United Religions Initiative and World Council of Churches.

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Signee Country Faith Prof. Nihal S Agar AM, President, Hindu Council of Australia Hindu Australia Imam Shady Alsulaiman, President, Australian Imams Australia Muslim Council Rev. Dr. Lyn Arnold Chair of the Public Affairs Australia Christian Commission of the Anglican Church of Australia, Anglican Synod Rev. Dr. Vicky Balabanski, Director of the Forum on Australia/ Pacific Interfaith Religion and Ecology (FORE) Rabbi Jonathan Keren­Black, Environmental Advisor to Australia/NZ/Asia Jewish the Council of Progressive Rabbis of Australia, New Zealand and Asia Abbot Brahm, Spiritual Director, Buddhist Australia Buddhist Society of Western Australia and Abbot of Bodhinyana Buddhist Monastery Bishop George Browning, Inaugural Convener the Australia Christian Anglican Communion Environment Network Sr. Elizabeth Delaney sgs, General Secretary National Australia Christian Council of Churches in Australia Rev.Jokyo George Gatenby, Chair, Buddhist Council of Australia Buddhist South Australia Bishop John Henderson, Bishop of the Church, Australia Christian Lutheran Church of Australia Imam Yahya Ibrahim, University of Western Australia Australia Muslim Dr. Manzoor Khan, President, Ahmiyadiyya Muslim Australia Muslim Association Sr. Berneice Loch rsm, President of Catholic Religious Australia Christian Australia & Leader of the Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea (ISMAPNG) Fr. Philip Marshall, Vicar­General Catholic Diocese of Australia Christian Adelaide Stuart McMillan, President, Uniting Church in Australia Australia Christian Assembly Rob McPherson, Vice­President Australian & New Australia Christian Zealand Unitarian Universalist Association Dr. Jake Mitra, President, Federation of Australian Australia Buddhist Thea Ormerod, President, Australian Religious Australia Interfaith Response to Climate Change Damian Outtrim, President, Multifaith Association of Australia Interfaith South Australia Jacqueline Remond, National Director, Catholic Australia Christian Earthcare Bishop Suriel, Coptic Orthodox Church Diocese of Australia Christian Melbourne and Affiliated Regions Cardinal Christoph Schonborn, Archbishop of Christian and President of the Austrian Bishops Conference, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Mujib Huq, Executive Chairman, Centre for South Asia Bangladesh Muslim Studies Review (CSASR) Grand Mufti Mustafa Ceric, President of the Council of Bosnia Muslim Ulema, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Rafael Soares de Oliveira, Diretor Executivo, Koinonia, Brazil Christian Presença Ecumênica e Serviço, ACT Aliança Rt Rev. Christopher Hill, President, Conference of Belgium/ UK Christian European Churches Fr. José Ignacio Garcia, SJ Coordinator, Jesuit Belgium Christian European Social Centre (JESC) Fr. Heikki Huttunen, General Secretary, Conference of Belgium/ Finland Christian/Orthodox European Churches Dr Aadmou Njoya, Minister Plenipotentiary and Cameroon Muslim President of the Cameroon Democratic Union (CDU), Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Imam Navid Aziz, Islamic Information Society of Canada Muslim Calgary Pema Chodron, Teacher, Gampo Abbey Nova Scotia, Canada Buddhist Shambhala Acharya Martin Janowitz, Shambhala International Canada Buddhist National Bishop Susan Johnson of the Evangelical Canada Christian Lutheran Church Rt. Rev. Jordan Cantwell, Moderator, UNited Canada Christian Church of Canada Bishop Mark MacDonald, Bishop for Indigenous Canada Indigenous Anglican Peoples, Anglican Church of Canada Very Rev. Dr. Bill Phipps, United Church of Canada Canada Christian Cardinal Rubén Salazar Gómez, Archbishop of Colombia Christian Bogota, President of CELAM Rev. Milton Mejias, General Secretary, Latin American Colombia Christian Council of Churches (CLAI) Priestess Beatriz Schulthess, President of the Costa Rica Indigenous Indigenous Peoples Ancestral Spiritual Council and a member of the Kolla Nation in northern Argentina Rt Rev. Peter Fischer Møller, Bishop of Roskilde Denmark Christian Rabbi Jair Melchior, Chief Rabbi, Jewish Community Denmark Jewish in Denmark Imam Abdul Wahid Pedersen, Vice Chairman of Denmark Muslim Muslim Council of Denmark Rev. Milton Mejía, General Secretary of the Latin Ecuador Christian American Council of Churches (CLAI) Rev. Francois Pihaatae, General Secretary, Pacific Fiji Christian Council of Churches Pastor François Clavairoly, President of the French France Christian Protestant Federation Metropolitan Emmanuel, President of the Assembly of France Christian Orthodox Bishops in France Rev Olivier Wang­Genh, President of the French Union France Buddhist of Buddhists Edouard Pihèwa Karoue, International President of France Christian IMCS Pax Romana Anouar Kbibech, President of the French Muslim France Muslim Council Ven. Bhikkhuni Thich Nu Chan Khong, Plum Village France Buddhist International Community of Engaged Buddhists Rabbi Haïm Korsia, Great Rabbi of France France Jewish Bishop Georges Pontier, President of the French France Christian Catholic Conference of Bishops Michel Roy, Secretary General, Caritas Internationalis France Christian Bishop Heinrich Bedford­Strohm, Head of German Germany Christian Lutheran Church Fr. Joseph Komakoma, Secretary General, Ghana Christian Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) Dr. Dimitra Koukoura. Represents the WCC's Global Greece Christian Christian Forum. Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, Bishop Chancellor of the Holy See Christian Pontifical Academies of Sciences and Social Sciences Fr. Kevin O'Neill, SSC, Superior General, Missionary Hong Kong Christian Society of St. Columban Ven. Thich Chan Phap Kham, Asian Institute of Hong Kong Buddhist Applied , Plum Village International Community of Engaged Buddhists Tibor Kauser, Minister General, Order of Secular Hungary Chistian Franciscans Jaspreet Kaur, Project Coordinator, India Sikh Multiversity Swami Agnivesh, President of the World Council of India Hindu “Society of Nobles”, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Mata Amritanandamayi, Amma ("Mother"), Member of India Hindu the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Swami Atmapriyananda, Vice Chancellor of India Hindu Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Rev. Dr. Mar Atsongchanger, President, National India Christian Council of Churches in India Swamiji Jagadguru Karmayogi Charukeerty Bhattarak, India Hindu Pontiff of Jain Shravanabelagola Math, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders H.H Swami Chandra. Initiated into the Usadin Order by India Hindu Mahant Girdhari Dassji. Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Swami Chaturvedi, Head of Sri Mission India Hindu Trust (SRMT) Lieutenant Colonel Dasari Daniel, National Secretary, India Christian The Salvation Army Rev. Dr. Roger Gaikwad, General Secretary, National India Christian Council of Churches in India Acharya Shri Shrivatsa Goswami. A leading figure in India Hindu the Vaishnava Tradition. Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Oswald Cardinal Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay, India Christian President, Federation of Asian Bishops´ Conferences (FABC) Dr. Imam Umer Ahmed Ilyassi, Chief Imam, All India India Muslim Organisation of Mosques, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Jaspreet Kaur, Head of Project, Guru Nanak India Sikh Multiversity Dr. Wahidudin Khan, Founder of the Islamic Centre ­ India Muslim Urdu Islamic Institution, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Dr..A.K Merchant, Trustee, Lotus Temple and National India Bahai Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is Dr. Acharya Lokesh Muni Ji, Vishwa Bharati India Jain Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, Director, Dongyu Gatsal Ling India Buddhist Nunnery Rev. Dr. Solomon Rongpi, General Secretary, Council India Christian of Baptist Churches in Northern India Ven. Khandro . Teacher in both the Kagyu India Buddhist and Nyingma Traditions of . Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders H.H. Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswati, President India Hindu Parmarth Niketan, Rishikesh, Co­Founder/chair Global Interfaith WASH Alliance Dharmacharya Shantum Seth, Ahimsa Trust, Plum India Buddhist Village International Community of Engaged Buddhists H.H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Founder of Art of Living India Hindu Foundation, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati, Secretary General, India Hindu Global Interfaith WASH Alliance; President, Divine Shakti Foundation H.H. Radhanath Swami India Hindu H.H. Pujya Swami, Chidananda Saraswatiji, President India Hindu and Spiritual Head of Parmarth Niketan Ashram, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Gunbir Singh, Chairman, EcoAmritsar India Sikh H.H Sri Sri Sugunendra Theertha Swamiji. Youngest India Hindu ever swamiji to ascend the Paryaaya Peetam in Udupi. Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Telesphore Placidus Cardinal Toppo, Cardinal Priest India Christian and Archbishop of Ranchi in the Roman Catholic Church, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Ven. Dharmavimala, Vice Abbot, Ekayana Buddhist Indonesia Buddhist Center Dr. Fachruddin Majeri Mangunjaya, MSi, Vice Indonesia Muslim Chairman Centre for Islamic Studies Universitas Nasional Prof. Din Syamsuddin, Co­President of Religion for Indonesia Muslim Peace, Leader of Muhammadiyah, Indonesia Yenny Zannuba Wahid, Director, Wahid Institute Indonesia Muslim Rabbi David Bigman, Head of the Maale Gilboa Israel Jewish Yeshiva, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Rabbi Youval Cherlow, Head of the Chesder Yeshiva Israel Jewish of Petach Tikvah, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Chief Rabbi Shear Yashuv Cohen, Chief Rabbi of Israel Jewish Haifa, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Chief Rabbi Eliyahu Bakshi­Doron, President of the Israel Jewish Israeli Sephardic Community Committee, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Rabbi Michael Melchior, International Director of the Israel Jewish Elie Wiesel Foundation, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Kadi Ahmed Natour, President of the High Muslim Israel Muslim Court of Appeal (Israel). Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Peta Jones Pellach, Member of the Elijah Interfaith Israel Jewish Institute Prior Isabelle Flye­Saintmarie, Prioress of the Monastic Israel Christian Family of Bethlehem, the Assumption of the Virgin and St. Bruno, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime SDB, Rector Major of Italy Christian Salesians of Don Bosco Fr. Bruno Cadoré, OP, Master of the Order of Italy Christian Preachers, Dominicans Fr. Mauro Johri, OFM cap Minister General, Order of Italy Christian Friars Minor Capucin Sr. Dehorah Lockwood, Minister General, Franciscan Italy Christian Sisters of Penitence Br. Mauro, Minister General of OFM Capuchins and Italy Christian President of the Union of Superior Generals­ International­ USG Abbot Primate Notker Wolf OSB, Benedictine Italy Christian Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict Fr. Michael Perry, OFM Minister General Order of Italy Christian Friars Minor Fr. Nicholas Polichnowski, Minister General, Third Italy Christian Order Regular Fr. Fernando Millan Romeral, O.Carm. Prior General, Italy Christian the Carmelite Order Fr. Marco Tasca OFM conv, Minister General, Order of Italy Christian Friars Minor Conventual Yoshitaka Oba, General Director, Soka Gakkai Japan Buddhist International (SGI) Abdullahi Abdi, Chairman, National Muslim Leaders Kenya Muslim Forum Dr. Agnes Aboum, World Council of Churches, Kenya Christian Moderator of Central Committee Dr. Mustafa Y. Ali, Secretary General, Global Network Kenya Interfaith of Religions for Children (GNRC) and Director, Arigatou International ­ Nairobi Prof. Azizan Baharuddin, Director General of the Malaysia Muslim Institute of Islamic Understanding Dr. John Fozdar, Sarawak Representative, Malaysia Malaysia Interfaith Interfaith Network (MIN) Ven. B. Sri Saranankara Nayaka Maha Thera, Chief Malaysia Buddhist ​ Adhikarana Nayaka of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Bishop Dr. Munib A. Younan, President of the Lutheran Middle East Christian World Federation/ Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land Ven. Dr. T. Bulgan, Secretary General of Asian Mongolia Buddhist Conference of Religions for Peace (ACRP) Mongolia Chapter, Member of ACRP Governing Body and Executive Council Dr. Ahmed Taoufiq, Morocco’s Minister of Habous Morocco Muslim (endowments) and Islamic Affairs, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Abdelmajid Tribak, Head, Division of Environmental Morocco Muslim Programmes, Science Directorate, Islamic Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organisation (ISESCO) Edy Korthals Altes. Former Ambassador of the Netherlands Interfaith Netherlands, Former Honorary President of Religions for Peace Rabbi Awraham Soetendorp, President, the Jacob Netherlands Jewish Soetendorp Institute for Human Values Bishop Josiah Idowu­Fearon, Secretary General of the Nigeria Christian Anglican Communion, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders The Rev. Canon Israel Odewole, Canon of the Nigeria Christian Cathedral Church of St. Stephen, Oke­Aluko, Church of Nigeria Rev. Dr. Yusuf Ibrahim Wushishi, General Secretary, Nigeria Christian Church Council of Nigeria Ghulam Abbas, Chairman, Islamic Council of Norway Norway Muslim Bishop Ingeborg Midttømme, Church of Norway Norway Christian Bishop Erling Pettersen, Church of Norway Norway Christian Imam Ibrahim Saidy, Founder of Green Jihad for Norway Muslim Peace and Sustainable Development and Member of the Imam Council of Norway Archbishop John Ribat, President of the Federation of Oceania Christian Catholic Bishops Conferences of Oceania and the Catholic Bishops Conference of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands Seemi Ikramullah, Executive Council Women's Forum, Pakistan Interfaith Asian Conference of Religions for Peace (ACRP) and Executive Member of ACRP Governing Board Grand Imam Maulana Syed Muhammad Abdul Khabir Pakistan Muslim Khalid Ikramullah Khan, Vice­President of the Pakistan Interfaith Religions for Peace­Pakistan Chapter, Asian Conference of Religions for Peace (ACRP) and Executive Member of ACRP Governing Board Muhammad Suheyl Umar, Director of Iqbal Academy Pakistan Muslim Pakistan, Member of the Elijah Interfaith Academy Dr. Lilian Sison, Secretary General, Religions for Philippines Interfaith Peace Lourdes Valencia Arsenio, Convenor, Laudato Si Philippines Christian Movement for Laguna Lakes and Climate Change, Archdiocese of Manila Ministry on Ecology The Most Rev. Broderick S. Pabillo, D.D, Chairman of Philippines Christian the Episcopal Commission on the Laity Archbishop Antonio J. Ledesma, SJ, Archdiocese of Philippines Christian Cagayan de Oro Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Archbishop of Manila, Philippines Christian President of Caritas Internationalis Rabbi Menachem Hacohen, Chief Rabbi of Romania, Romania Jewish Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Archbishop Cormac Vsevolod Malakhov, Canonical Russia Christian Catholic Church Celtic Cross Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar, Chairman of the Rabbinical Russia Jewish Council of the World Congress of Russian Jewry. Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Othman Abd­ar­Rahman Llewellyn, Environmental Saudi Arabia Muslim Planner, Saudi Wildlife Authority, Saudi Arabia and Member, IUCN Commissions on Protected Areas & Environmental Law Rt. Rev Dhiloraj Ranjit Canagasabey, Bishop of Sri Lanka Christian Colombo, Church of Ceylon, Diocese of Colombo. Ven. Dr. Bhikkhuni Kusuma. Pioneered the Sri Lanka Buddhist re­establishment of the female Bhikkhuni Buddhist order. Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Dr. Harsha Kumara Navaratne, Chairman of Sri Lanka Buddhist International Network for Engaged Buddhists and Sevalanka Foundation Ven. Athuraliya Ratana, Member of Parliamaent, Sri Lanka Buddhist Leader of the Jaathika Hela Urumaya party The Most Rev. Dr. Thabo Makgoba, Primate of the South Africa Christian Anglican Church of Southern Africa, ACT Alliance Climate Justice Ambassador, Chair Anglican Environment Network Rev. Canon Dr. Rachel Mash, Provincial South Africa Christian Environmental Coordinator, Anglican Church of Southern Africa Archbishop of the Orthodox Archbishopric of South Africa Christian/ Orthodox Zimbabwe and Angola Serafim Kykkotis, Head of the Office on Climate Change Crisis and Poverty of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa Tahirih Mathee, Chairperson, Southern Africa Faith South Africa Baha'i Communities Environment Institute Bishop Geoff Davis, Patron, Southern Africa Faith South Africa Interfaith Communities Environment Institute Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, The Most Rev. South Africa Christian Desmond Tutu Ven. Chung Ohun Lee, Senior Representative of Won South Korea Buddhist Buddhism to the UN and Interfaith Affairs. Co­President of Religions for Peace Ven. Prof. Jinwol Sunim, President of United Religions South Korea Buddhist Initiative of Korea, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders The Most Ven. Myeong Seong Sunim, President South Korea Buddhist Emeritus of the Korean National Bhikkhuni Association, Korea Archbishop Dr. Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of Uppsala Christian in Sweden and Primate of the Church of Sweden Bishop Emeritus Lennart Koskinen, Bishop of Visby Sweden Christian and the Church of Sweden Overseas, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Anders Wejryd, President for Europe, World Council of Sweden Christian Churches, Archbishop emeritus Church of Sweden Swami Amarananda, Director of the Centre Védantique Switzerland Hindu in Geneva, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Fr. Markus Heinze, Executive Director, Franciscans Switzerland Christian International Rev. Dr. Martin Junge, General Secretary of the Switzerland/ Chile Christian Lutheran World Federation Dr. John Nduna, General Secretary, ACT Alliance Switzerland/Zambia Christian Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, General Secretary, World Switzerland/ Christian Council of Churches Norway Jonathan Woolley, Director, Quaker United Nations Switzerland Quaker Office (QUNO) Master Hsin Tao, Founder, Museum of World Taiwan Buddhist Religions, Ling Jiou Mountain Buddhist Society, Global Family for Love and Peace Dharma Master Cheng Yen, Founder, Buddhist Tzu Taiwan Buddhist Chi Foundation Ajarn Sulak Sivaraksa, Founder Chair, International Thailand Buddhist Network of Engaged Buddhists and Santi Pracha Dhamma Institute Ven. Phra Dharmakosajarn, Rector of Thailand Buddhist Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University (MCU), Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Ven. Bhikkhuni Thich Nu Chan Linh Nghiem, Plum Thailand Buddhist Village International Community of Engaged Buddhists His Holiness the Dalai Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Tibet Buddhist Lama, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Prof. Dr. İbrahim Özdemir, Professor of Philosophy and Turkey Muslim the Founding President of Gazikent University Archbishop Zakeos Mesrob, 84th Armenian Patriarch Turkey Christian of Istanbul & All Turkey, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders The Most Rev. Stanley Ntagali, Primate of the Anglican Uganda Christian Church of Uganda Dr. Adnan Ali Adikata, Director, Islamic University of Uganda Muslim Uganda Dr Husna Ahmad, OBE, Islamic Adviser Alliance of UK Muslim Religions and. Conservation, CEO of Global One Imam Qari Muhammad Asim, Leeds Makkah Mosque UK Muslim Dr. Abul Kalam Azad, Tarteel Academy UK Muslim Bhai Mohinder Singh Ahluwalia, Chairman, Guru UK Sikh Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha (GNNSJ) Kiran Bali MBE JP, Global Chairperson, United UK Hindu Religions Initiative The Most Rev. David Chillingworth, Bishop of St UK Christian Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church. Paul Parker, Recording Clerk, Quakers in Britain UK Christian Jamie Cresswell, President, European Buddhist Union UK Buddhist Imam Imtiyaz Daniel, Abu Hanifah Foundation UK Muslim Canon Giles Goddard, General Synod, Church of UK Christian England Ram Gidoomal CBE, Chairman, South Asian UK Christian Development Partnership Naser Haghamed, CEO, Islamic Relief Worldwide UK Muslim Imam Abdullah Hasan, British Imams & Scholars UK Muslim Contributions Awards The Rt Rev Nicholas Holtam, Bishop of Salisbury, UK Christian Church of England The Most Rev David Chillingworth, Bishop of St UK Christian Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane and Primus of Scottish Episcopal Church The Rt Rev. Dr. Richard Cheetham, Bishop of UK Christian Kingston, Church of England Revd Simon Walkling, Moderator of the United UK Christian Reformed Church National Synod of Wales Revd Dr Geraint Tudur, General Secretary, Union of UK Christian Welsh Independent Churches The Most Revd Barry Morgan, Archbishop of Wales UK Christian The Rt Revd John Davies, Bishop of Swansea and UK Christian Dr. Shahrul Hussain, Abrahamic Foundation UK Muslim Dr. Justine Huxley, Director, St Ethelburga's Centre for UK Sufi Reconciliation and Peace Dr. Vinod Kapashi, President, Mahavir Foundation UK Jain Imam Wasim Kempson, Norbury Muslim Centre UK Muslim Fazlun Khalid, Founder­Director of the Islamic UK Muslim Foundation for Ecology and Environmental Science Sr. Jayanti Kirplani, Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual UK Brahma Kumaris University Dr. Shuruq Naguib, Lancaster University UK Muslim Judith Morris, General Secretary of the Baptist Union UK Christian of Wales. Very Rev June Osborne, Dean of Salisbury, Member of UK Christian the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Imam Ismail Patel, Friends of Al­Aqsa UK Muslim Imam Abduljalil Sajid, Chairman of Muslim Council for UK Muslim Religious and Racial Harmony (MCRRH) and one of the Founders of the Muslim Council of Britain, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Bhai Sahib Bhai Mohinder Singh Ahluwalia, Chairman, UK Sikh Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha (GNNSJ) Jagraj Singh Ji, CEO and Founder, Everything's 13 UK Sikh and Basics of Sikhi Dr. Mawlana Shahid Raza OBE, Leicester Central UK Muslim Mosque Sagar Sumaria, Jain Ecology, SA Sumaria UK Jain Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg, Rabbi of the New North UK Jewish London Synagogue and Senior Rabbi of The Assembly of Masorti Synagogues UK, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Shaykh Dr. Asim Yusuf, Nur al Habib Foundation UK Muslim Ivan Abrahams, General Secretary, World Methodist USA Christian Council Sheikh Muhammad Nur Abdallah, Imam and Director USA Muslim for the Islamic Foundation of Greater St. Louis, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Aisha H.L al­Adawiya, Founder and Chair, Women In USA Muslim Islam Inc. Imam Plemon El­Amin, Resident Imam of the Atlanta USA Muslim Masjid of Al­Islam, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders The Rt. Rev. Marc Handley Andrus, Bishop, Episcopal USA Christian Diocese of California Azhar Azeez, President of Islamic Society of North USA Muslim America (ISNA) Dr. Y. Mossa Basha, Chairman of the Muslim USA Muslim American Coalition, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Jan Chozen Bays, Co­ Founder Great Vow USA Buddhist Monastery, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Br. Clark Berge SSF, Minister General, Society of St. USA Christian Francis Ven. Santussika Bhikkhuni, Karuna Buddhist Vihara USA Buddhist and Founder of Buddhist Climate Action Network (BCAN) The Rev. Canon Sally G. Bingham, President, The USA Christian Regeneration Project, Interfaith Power & Light Ven. Bodhi, Founder, Buddhist Global Relief USA Buddhist Brach, Insight Meditation Community of USA Buddhist Washington, Senior Teacher and Founder Patrick Carolan, Executive Director, Franciscan Action USA Christian Network Colin Christopher, Executive Director, Green Muslims USA Muslim Ashok Domadia, JAINA President & Chairman, JAINA USA Jain BOD The Rev. Dr. John C. Dorhauer, General Minister and USA Christian President, United Church of Christ Homi D. Gandhi, Vice President, Federation of USA Zoroastrian Zoroastrian Associations of North America (FEZANA) Fr. Raymond Finch, Superior General, Maryknoll USA Christian Fathers and Brothers Ven. Norman Fischer, Founder and Teacher of the USA Buddhist Everyday Zen Foundation, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Joseph Goldstein, Insight Meditation Society, Senior USA Buddhist Teacher and Founder of the Insight Meditation Society Rabbi Arthur Green, Rector, Rabbinical School, USA Jewish Hebrew College, Newton MA John Grim, Co­Director, Yale Forum on Religion and USA Interfaith Ecology The Most Rev. Frank T. Griswold, Former Presiding USA Christian Bishop, Primate and Chief Pastor of the Episcopal Church, President of the House of Bishops, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Rev. Joan Jiko Halifax, Abbot of Upaya Zen Center USA Buddhist Rev. Fletcher Harper, Executive Director of GreenFaith USA Interfaith Rev Dr. Katharine Rhodes Henderson, President of USA Christian Auburn Seminary, New York, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Tomas Insua, Executive Director, Global Catholic USA Christian Climate Movement (GCCM) Dr. Muzaffar Iqbal, Founder­President of Center for USA Muslim Islam and Science, Canada, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Llewellyn Vaughan­Lee, Ph.D, Sheikh USA Sufi Naqshbandiyya­Mujaddidiyya Sufi Order, Golden Sufi Center Rabbi Michael Lerner, Editor, Tikkun and Chair of the USA Jewish Network of Spiritual Progressives Berkeley, California Rabbi Mordechai Liebling, Director, Tikkun Olam USA Jewish Commission of the Jewish Reconstructionist Communities Acharya Adam Lobel, Shambhala USA Buddhist David R. Loy, Zen Teacher in the Sanbo Zen Tradition USA Buddhist of Japanese Buddhism Shaykh Hisham Kabbani, Founder and Chairman of USA Muslim the Islamic Supreme Council of America, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Rabbi Nina Mandel, President Reconstructionist USA Rabbinical Association Rabbi Richard Marker, Vice Chair of the International USA Jewish Jewish Committee on Interreligious Consultations, Member of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders Dr. T. Kenjitsu Nakagaki, President of the Buddhist USA Christian Council of New York Rev. Dr. John T. Pawlikowski, OSM, Ph.D, Director of USA Christian Catholic­Jewish Studies Program, University of Chicago Bhai Sahib Satpal Singh Khalsa, Ambassador of Sikh USA Sikh Religion, Western Hemisphere Metropolitan Nikitas Lulias, Member of the Elijah Board USA Christian of World Religious Leaders Imam Johari Abdul­Malik, Director of Outreach, Dar USA Muslim al­Hijrah Islamic Center Sr. Patricia McDermott, RSM, President of the Sisters USA Christian of Mercy of the Americas Commissioner Christine MacMillan, Director of Public USA Christian Engagement, World Evangelical Alliance The Rev. Peter Morales, President, Unitarian USA Christian Universalist Association Diane Randall, Executive Secretary, Friends USA Quaker Committee on National Legislation Imam Al­Hajj Talib ‘Abdur­Rashid, Vice President of USA Muslim The Muslim Alliance in North America Rabbi David Rosen, Member of the Elijah Board of USA Jewish World Religious Leaders Dr. Robert P. Sellers, Chair of the Board of Trustees, USA Interfaith the Parliament of the World's Religions Dr. Saiyid Masroor Shah, Chairman of Green Masjid USA Muslim Task Force Imam Zaid Shakir, Co­founder and Chairman of USA Muslim Student Affairs at Zaytuna College Dr. Muzammil H. Siddiqi, Chairman of the Fiqh (Islamic USA Muslim Law) Council of North America (FCNA) Dr. Rajwant Singh, Founder and President of EcoSikh USA Sikh Shakeel Syed, Executive Director, Islamic Shura USA Muslim Council of Southern California Shelley Tanenbaum, General Secretary, Quaker USA Quaker Earthcare Witness USA Ven. Tathālokā Therī, Founder, Dhammadharini USA Buddhist Sangha and Co­Founder North American Bhikkhuni Association Mary Evelyn Tucker, Co­Director, Yale Forum on USA Interfaith Religion and Ecology Rev. Dr. William F. Vendley, Secretary General of the USA Interfaith World Conference of Religions for Peace (WCRP) Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Executive Director, Shalom USA Jewish Center Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D., President, USA Jewish Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and Jewish Reconstructionist Communities Most Ven. Thích Nữ Tịnh Nguyện, President of Vietnam Buddhist Vietnam Bhikkhuni Sangha Rev. Suzanne Matale, General Secretary, Council of Zambia Christian Churches of Zambia