IEF members are contributing to the G20 Interfaith Forum working group on Religion and Environment. As part of this, we have contributed two viewpoints to the G20 Interfaith Forum website blog, building on the experience of the IEF 25th Annual Conference at COP26. The first was on the Interfaith start to COP26:
by Sylvia Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen and Arthur Dahl
17-18 October 2021
11-15 October 2021
On 11 October, world leaders gathered in Kunming, China, and virtually for the first phase of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP-15) to agree on a new set of goals for nature over the next decade. The second phase will be held in April-May 2022 due to the pandemic.
May and October 2021
adopted by Human Rights Council
8 October 2021
Arthur Lyon Dahl (PhD)
International Environment Forum
Paper presented at "The Nexus between Climate Change, Faith & Science"
webinar organized on 16 September 2021 by the
All-Africa Conference of Churches
Baha'i International Community Addis-Ababa Office
United Religions Initiative
Report on Status of Coral Reefs
of the World 2020
launched 5 October 2021 by
Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network
The world's faiths are responding to the 'cry of the Earth and the cry of the poor' by developing Faith Plans for People and Planet – long-term faith commitments to use their buildings, lands, investments and influence to drive practical action to create a better world – for the benefit of people and planet, and for today's and future generations. The first plans were launched on 4 October 2021. Join the Movement!
