Global Faith Leaders COP28 Summit

Ahead of the COP28 summit between political leaders of the world, the Muslim Council of Elders in partnership with the COP28 Presidency, the United Nations Environment Programme, and the Catholic Church, and under the patronage of the UAE’s President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, organized a Global Faith Leaders Summit convening 28 faith leaders to address climate change.

Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Sikh, and Hindu leaders, along with representatives of other major religious traditions, joined in the appeal, to sign the Confluence of Conscience: Uniting for Planetary Resurgence.

[6] All leaders in the summit walked a path representing the equator and performed planting of a ghaf tree – the national tree of the UAE – before signing the document, known as the "Abu Dhabi Interfaith Statement", and addressing the audience.

[7][8] The 28 faith leaders who attended this summit and signed the Statement are:[9] During the COP28 summit in the month of December, a Faith Pavilion will be hosted by Muslim Council of Elders, in cooperation with COP28, United Nations Environment Programme, and a Coalition of over 70 organizations.

This pavilion will allow religious leaders to launch initiatives and present ideas that will help different nations and people fight climate change.