What: Faith Action for Nature is a global event designed to lay the foundation for inter-faith collaboration for sustainable and regenerative development to achieve the SDGs. The concept and objectives of this conference will be in support of the fifth United Nations Environment Assembly to be held in February 2021 in Nairobi with the overall theme "Strengthening Actions for Nature to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals”. The Faith Action for Nature Conference will have the following objectives and outcomes:
A) Identify the relevance and way forward in mobilizing values, ethics, spirituality and faith-based action to achieve the SDGs.
B) Empower faith-based organizations in taking action for the SDGs and to cooperate for sustainable and regenerative development, with a view to endorsing the establishment of a global Faith for Earth Coalition.
On the basis of the discussions and its findings, the conference will call for proposing a draft resolution for the Fifth Session of the UN Environment Assembly, to be held in February 2021, making it the first UN resolution on the role of faith for sustainability, and issue a communique with a message from all major faiths to other international fora, including the Arctic Circle and COP 26.
When: 5 - 8 October 2020; Register here.
Where: Online Livestream
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