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Date of Publication: August 18, 2015
Year of Publication: 2015
Publication City: London, UK
Publisher: Guardian News and Media Limited
Author(s): Arthur Neslen
Newspaper: The Guardian
Our species, though selected to be a caretaker or steward (khalifah) on the earth, has been the cause of such corruption and devastation that we are in danger of ending life as we know it on our planet. This current rate of climate change cannot be sustained, and the earth’s fine equilibrium (mīzān) my soon be lost. —Islamic Declaration on Global Climate Change
Islamic leaders gathered in Istanbul for the International Islamic Climate Change Symposium have issued a clarion call to Muslim worldwide through the Islamic Declaration on Global Climate Change. The Declaration makes specific appeals for divestment, a circular economy, tempered growth rates, and moving towards a 100% renewable energy strategy. These demands are likely to place political pressure on Gulf states leading into the Paris summit in December.
Read Arthur Neslen’s report in The Guardian through the link above, and find the full Declaration here.
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