All In at home and abroad: faith communities as subnational actors

Faith bodies own hundreds of thousands of buildings across the United States. As congregations electrify, install solar, and cut energy use, they are taking the subnational action we are calling for at COP31: practical, local, and already underway. Faith communities are also among the most widely distributed institutions in the world, with networks that reach across borders, and link local congregations to international partners in climate action. This session looks at both how communities cut emissions and how they prepare for and recover from the impacts already arriving with a focus on how the faith community is facilitating this. Speakers will include representatives from various faith communities (local & global), local practitioners, and faith leaders including Bishops

Speakers

• Bishop Phyllis Spiegel
  Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Utah
• Bishop Dave Nagler
  Pacifica Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
• Sister Marvelous “Marvie” Lomerio Misola
  Maryknoll Sisters
• Lowell Bliss
  Christian Climate Observers Program