Check Out Part One of the Dalai Lama's Exclusive Parliament Interview on Climate Change & Poverty • Mary Evelyn Tucker Talks Faith-Based Action for Earth • Parliament Statement on Police Injustice • & More...

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Dalai Lama's Three Key Points on Climate Change to the Parliament

In September, 2015, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Parliament Board Chair Malik Mujahid recorded nearly an hour of exclusive interview for the 2015 Parliament.

In this first clip, the Dalai Lama explains how climate change and poverty are interrelated, and why it's necessary to understand the overlapping of these crises. Read his three points of focus and watch His Holiness Talk Climate Change here >

Karenna Gore to Represent Parliament in Paris

Karenna Gore, Director of the Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary, has been appointed as the first Parliament Ambassador on Climate Change by Parliament Board Chair Imam Malik Mujahid. In Paris, Gore will share "Embracing Our Common Future: An Interfaith Call to Action on Climate Change," the declaration presented at the 2015 Parliament and signed by both leaders, scholars and activists within the interfaith and environmental movements. Read more >

Climate Change Demonstrators Rally, Hold March in Chicago Loop

Parliament team members and volunteers were out on the streets of Chicago November 29 to stand up for the only earth we have at the Chicago Climate March for Justice. Patrick M. O'Connell for Chicago Tribune spoke to organizer and Parliament Chair Imam Malik Mujahid on the scene. His article reports Mujahid "decided to arrange the Chicago event in connection with worldwide protests organized by avaaz.org, a group that advocates for global issues, including climate change. Similar rallies were held worldwide Sunday. 'We need to be responsible for God's creation,' Mujahid said." Read more >

Mary Evelyn Tucker Q&A Gives Deseret Good News on Faith-Based Climate Action

"In October, when she was in Salt Lake City to attend the Parliament of the World's Religions, Tucker shared her thoughts with Deseret News National on the relationship between religion and the environment and how faith leaders can encourage church members to be involved in efforts to end climate change."

Read Tucker's Q&A with Deseret News National Here >

Read the Parliament Statement on Police and Judicial Abuse of Law and Freedom

"Recent and recurring events across the United States that have raised questions about the role and responsibilities of the police and judicial officials and the permissible latitude of their actions within the law should be cause for serious reflection." Read more >

Compassion and Police Work Can Go Hand in Hand

By Tom Williams and Gerry Labossiere for the Winnipeg Free Press
"What if compassion were the driving force for policing in our communities?" That was the question asked of a panel of three police chiefs at a recent meeting of the Parliament of the World's Religions in Salt Lake City, Utah. Winnipeg police Chief Devon Clunis was joined by Steve Conrad of Louisville, Ky., and Mike Brown, police chief of the host community. Read more >

Indigenous Activists Suggest Loopholes in Climate Lobby Undermine Humanity

Via @IENearth: Indigenous warn #COP21 green schemes could be crimes against humanity https://t.co/e2iO55ZrnU #climatejustice #REDD

Study of "Francis Effect" Measures Significant Gains of Climate Concern in U.S. Christians

A before-and-after study by Yale's Project on Climate Change Communication has been tracing the effect of Pope Francis' publication of Laudito Si and his subsequent visit to the U.S.

New findings published in October show that the number of U.S. Catholic and Protestant respondents (including Protestants who identify as Evangelical) who are "extremely worried" about climate change has almost doubled following the visit. In addition, the attitudes in general have shifted closer to action and interfaith agreement on the issue by Americans at large. More on the study, including a downloadable report, is available here >

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