November 4, 2021

COP26 event urges partnership between religious, Indigenous leaders to save planet

Author: Emily McFarlan Miller

(RNS) — As world leaders gather for the United Nations’ Climate Change Conference, or COP26, to discuss the best way to tackle climate change, leaders of the world’s religions want to make sure some voices aren’t lost in the crowd.
Namely, the voices of Indigenous peoples from the Arctic to the Equator.
The climate crisis cannot be solved without recognizing the rights and spiritualities of Indigenous peoples, according to religious leaders who gathered Wednesday (Nov. 3) for an official COP26 s...