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. The two-day summit, held on 6 - 7 November 2023, was hosted in Abu Dhabi gathering different faith leaders with climate experts to fight climate change.

Proceedings
The summit was attended by Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, and Dr Sultan Al Jaber, COP28 President-designate and Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology. 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. This document commits to addressing climate change and raising climate ambitions ahead of COP28, which will be held in Dubai at the end of November. 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.

Attendees
The 28 faith leaders whom attended this summit and signed the Statement are as follows:
His Eminence Professor Mohamed Al-Duwaini, Deputy of Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, representing His Eminence the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed Al-Tayeb
His Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, representing His Holiness Pope Francis
Husain Burhanuddin, representing His Holiness Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin, Sultan of the Dawoodi Bohra Community
The Most Venerable Doctor Shinkai Kori, Chief High Priest Of Nenbutsushu Sampozan Muryojuji Temple
His All-Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew The First, Ecumenical Patriarch Of Constantinople
Maulen Ashimbayev, Head of the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions
Dharma Master Hsin Tao, Founder of the Ling Jiou Mountain Buddhist Society
Father Grigoriy Matrusov, representing His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
Bhai Sahib Doctor Satpal Singh Khalsa, Head of the Religious and Spiritual Authority for the Sikh Religion in the Western Hemisphere
His Holiness Mahabrahmarishi Shri Kumar Swami, President of the World Humanity Parliament
Swami Amritaswarupananda, Head Disciple of Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi
Acharya Lokesh Muni, Founder of the Vishwa Shanti Kendra
His Virtue Sheikh-Ul Islam Allahshukur Pashazadeh, Grand Mufti of the Caucasus
Sister Maureen Goodman, Director of Brahma Kumaris in the United Kingdom
General Bishop Anba Ermia, President of The Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center
His Eminence Sheikh Rishama Sattar Jabar Hilo, Head of the Mandean-Sabeans in Iraq and the World
Archbishop Julio Murry of the Anglican Church of Central America, representing the Most Reverend Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury
His Holiness Mor Ignatius Aphrem The Second, Patriarch of Antioch and all the East
Reverend Jerry Pillay, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches
Doctor Mohammed Cholil Nafis, President of the Indonesian Ulema Council
Rabbi Moshe Lewin, Vice President of the Conference Of European Rabbis
Bani Dugal, Principal Representative of the Baha'i International Community
Bhai Sahib Mohinder Singh Ahluwalia, Leader of Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha
Chief Rabbi David Rosen, International President of Religions For Peace
Dr. Salem Bin Mohammed Al Malik, Director General of The Islamic World Educational, Scientific, And Cultural Organization
Bishop Thomas Schirrmacher, Secretary-General of the World Evangelical Alliance
Debra Boudreaux, CEO of the Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation
Tokita Hozumi representing Rev. Kōō Okada Spiritual Guide of Sukyo Mahikari

Faith Pavilion
During the COP28 summit in the month of December, a Faith Pavilion will be set up by the Ministry of Tolerence and Coexistence in UAE. This pavilion will allow religious leaders to launch initiatives and present ideas that will help different nations and people fight climate change.

References
External links
Interfaith Statement for COP28