Source: news.bbc.co.uk
LONDON, ENGLAND, November 2, 2009: Leaders from the Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Baha’i, Jain and Zoroastrian faiths called on G20 nations to cut greenhouse gases saying there is a “moral imperative” to tackle global warming as it posed a “very real threat to the world’s poor.” Their joint call for action came at a meeting in London preceding the Copenhagen summit which aims to deliver a new global climate treaty.
UK’s Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband has warned that achieving a deal at Copenhagen hangs in the balance, saying, “Each generation holds the planet in trust for the next and to fulfill our obligations to these future generations, we must succeed in getting a fair and ambitious agreement. We need the voice of all the world’s religions in the coming weeks as we approach the Copenhagen summit.”
In December, delegations from 192 countries will hold two weeks of talks in Copenhagen aimed at establishing a new global treaty on climate change.