The International Environment Forum, as a Bahá'Ă-inspired professional organization for environment and sustainability, shares and upholds the principles and ideals of the Bahá'Ă Faith and supports its efforts to establish and promote peace, the unity of the human race, and an ever-advancing world civilization that preserves the ecological balance of the planet.
Events at Climate Change COP28
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
28th Conference of the Parties
Dubai, UAE, 30 November-13 December 2023
https://unfccc.int/cop28 Host country website: https://www.cop28.com/en/
2023 warmest on record,
temperatures 1.48°C above preindustrial level
Down to Earth
Rohini Krishnamurthy
5 January 2024
The year 2023 is the warmest year on record by a “huge margin,” with global temperatures reaching 1.48 degrees Celsius above the preindustrial level, according to data from Copernicus, the Earth observation component of the European Union’s space programme.
Austin Bowden-Kerby on saving coral reefs
1 December 2023
Interfaith Statement Pre-COP28
Global Faith Leaders Summit
Abu Dhabi, November 2023
IEF submission to the Summit of the Future
25 December 2023
In preparation for the UN Summit of the Future to consider UN reform in September 2024, the organisers invited civil society organisations to make verbal and written submissions on what they would like to see in the outcome document. The IEF made both a short verbal contribution on 13 December, and submitted the written proposals below in the format requested.
COP28: Highlights
Climate Change Conference events
Summarised from a report by Monica Maghami
Based on her virtual participation
30 November – 12 December 2023
Monica Maghami offered to follow COP28 at a distance and report what she learned to the Bahá’à International Community and the International Environment Forum. The following captures the highlights of her report.
COP28 highlights the need for fundamental
transformations in climate governance
Maja Groff
Convenor of the Climate Governance Commission
15 December 2023
We Must Face the Risks to the World’s Future – Now
Arthur Lyon Dahl and Augusto Lopez-Claros
Baha'iTeachings.org - 7 December 2023
https://bahaiteachings.org/we-must-face-risks-worlds-future-now/
and in Spanish
https://bahaiteachings.org/es/afrontar-riesgos-amenazan-futuro-mundo/
Faith for Climate: A Call to Action
Inspired by the Interfaith Statement signed by Pope Francis,
Ahmed El-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Al Azhar,
and around 30 religious leaders
and representatives from a range of traditions, launched on December 3,
the Faith Pavilion at COP28 puts forth this Call to Action.
Mobilizing an Earth Governance Alliance
Strengthening global governance
to protect the environment