LSE: “Why religion is fundamental to addressing climate change”
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Essay by Eric Worrall
“… The climate crisis demands new ways of thinking … and religion is fundamental to achieving that. …”
Why religion is fundamental to addressing climate change
Published: February 25, 2025 12.25am AEDT
Hanane Benadi
Research Officer, Religion and Global Society, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Building a global response to the climate crisis requires us to learn about the many ways people make sense of climate change and learn to live with its consequences. And for most of the world’s population, a purely scientific framing is unhelpful.
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With my team from the LSE Religion and Global Society research unit, I ran a climate change and religion workshop in Cairo with Muslim and Christian female and male faith leaders. Many of the 30 participants explained they felt frustrated that the climate science lens dominates.
One member of a faith-based organisation told me during an interview after the workshop that: “We are often approached by western organisations and research institutions to collaborate. However, when we ask about the nature of these collaborations, it is often reduced to our logo and a couple of statements that tell people that they should care about climate change.”
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