Event

Interfaith Reflections on Just Transitions: Linking Climate and Economic Justice

This workshop will bring together around 20 participants from Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Islamic, Jewish and other traditions to reflect on the concept of just transitions from faith lenses as well as to discuss the role of faiths in enabling transformation.

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Day labors in Jaldhaka district, Dinajpur province, Bangladesh. Photo: Peter Williams/WCC

Day labors in Jaldhaka district, Dinajpur province, Bangladesh. Photo: Peter Williams/WCC

Faith communities have an important role to play in enabling and deepening dialogue that ought to undergird societal transformation. Against this background, the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Council for World Mission (CWM) workshop titled, Interfaith reflections on Just Transitions: Linking Climate and Economic Justice aims to address the following questions:

- What are the ethical, moral and spiritual undergirdings of just transitions?

- What do just transitions entail locally, nationally and globally?

- How can we as faith communities contribute in practical and concrete ways; and what resources do we have to empower transformation?

This workshop will bring together around 20 participants from Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Islamic, Jewish and other traditions to reflect on the concept of just transitions from faith lenses as well as to discuss the role of faiths in enabling transformation.

30 January - 1 February 2019, Dhaka, Bangladesh