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Yale Faith and Climate Webinar Series

The Security and Sustainability Forum will hold a Faith and Climate Webinar Series in partnership with the Parliament of the World’s Religions (PWR).

The forum held two webinars in the series will address (1) The youth climate lawsuit, Juliana vs. the U.S. and (2) The Pope’s second encyclical on care for the planet.

Webinar 1: Juliana vs the United States
(The Youth Climate Suit)
June 4, 2019

The first webinar in the Faith and Climate Webinar Series with the Parliament of the World’s Religions will begin with faith-based perspectives supporting the plaintiffs in Juliana v. United States, the youth climate suit. The webinar will be moderated by David Hales, President Emeritus of College of the Atlantic and Chair of Climate Action for the Parliament. It will feature the Parliament’s lead counsel in its amicus curiae filing, Howard Learner of the Environmental Law and Policy Center.

Webinar 2: The Ten Green Commandments of Laudato Si’
June 14, 2019

The second webinar in the Faith and Climate Webinar Series will be a discussion with Fr. Joshtrom Isaac Kureethadam, author of The Ten Green Commandments of Laudato Si’. This is about Pope Frances’ second encyclical, “On Care for Our Common Home,” which asks “every person living on this planet” to begin a dialogue about the future of our world. Watch on Vimeo

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