Understorey: Australian Religions Respond to Climate Emergency

As our planet faces more anthropogenic-initiated emergencies, civil society actively seeks governments to act locally and globally. The world’s religions represented in our diverse Australian population are actively expressing their deeply felt urgency for corporate and political change to reduce the worst outcomes from eventuating.  Many faiths will be active at COP26, scheduled for Glasgow in November, calling for genuine action on climate.  To get a sense of how different faiths are talking about climate, earlier this year Understorey went along to the Sacred People, Sacred Earth event at Wesley Corner in Perth’s CBD on March 11 this year.  It was an opportunity to interview some of those present, including passersby, to understand more about what they are calling the Australian Religious Response to Climate Change (ARRCC).