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FFOP Global Summit 2024 – European Parliament

Belief in Action:
Aligning Faith & Policy for Climate Progress

FFOP (Faith For Our Planet) will deliver its annual Global Summit in the European Parliament with a view to encouraging meaningful dialogue and collaboration between EU and Global South faith leaders and policymakers, situating them as collaborators, and pioneers in the global climate movement.

The Summit will convene 150 delegates: top-tier climate experts, revered faith leaders, notable activists, and key EU and international policymakers, and presents a valuable opportunity to situate faith communities, leaders, and organizations as key, equitable partners in climate policymaking and implementation. Thereby encouraging a truly cooperative and values-based approach to climate action.

Location
Brussels, Belgium

Date
4th November, 2024

Building an inclusive global coalition

The European Union (EU) has been actively involved in addressing climate change for many years and has developed numerous initiatives, programmes, and strategies that prioritize community engagement.   

As such, the Parliament holds significant value as a partner in the Summit’s dialogue between policymakers and faith leaders. In hosting the Summit here, FFOP seeks to embody the spirit of the Agenda 2030 and the EU Green Deal ‘to leave no one behind’ by fostering dialogue to enhance understanding of the indispensable role of Faith-Based Organizations (FBOs) and their communities in worldwide climate outreach efforts. In doing so, we hope to begin to forge powerful new collaborations capable of moving the needle on Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris Agreement, and EU climate pacts.

Summit Goals

Filling Knowledge Gaps: Enriching Policymaker Understanding:

  • Enhancing understanding of the impact of faith-based climate strategy, cultural contexts, and locally-led solutions Therefore, enabling policymakers to refine climate outreach approaches for broader global resonance and implementation effectiveness.


Leveraging Faith-Based Resources for Climate Action:

  • Religious philanthropy and climate financing, presenting policymakers with new faith-based funding options for climate initiatives.
  • Faith communities are custodians of substantial land and forests, and own a sizable portion of the world’s education and financial institutions, capable of supporting important climate policy goals.


Grassroots Mobilization: Driving Climate Initiatives at the Local Level:

  • Grassroots Mobilization: leverage the unique capacity of Global South faith leaders to drive local action and effective, adoption of climate strategies at the community level.

Summit Participants

H.E Mrs. Mary Robinson, Former President of the Republic of Ireland and Founding Member of The Elders, and Ms. Ndileka Mandela, Founder of the Thembekile Mandela Foundation and granddaughter of Nelson Mandela, will be joined by H.E. Sheikh Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa, Secretary General, Muslim World League. The Summit will include government ministers, EU and African Union policy officials, parliamentary representatives, global religious leaders, and representatives of major faith-based organizations, environmental institutions, and NGOs.

H.E Mrs. Mary Robinson

Ms. Ndileka Mandela

H.E. Sheikh Dr Mohammed bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa

Summit Program

The summit’s thematic focus and learning objectives include:

Youth Engagement – Faith on the Frontlines

Youth Responses to the Climate Crisis Sharing powerful narratives from FFOP Fellowship Alumni, particularly from the Global South, on how faith has inspired hope and strengthened the cooperation and community necessary for effective environmental action.

Learning Outcomes: Delegates will gain actionable insights into leveraging youth narratives for effective climate policymaking, particularly from climate-impacted regions.

Youth Engagement – Faith on the Frontlines

Youth Responses to the Climate Crisis Sharing powerful narratives from FFOP Fellowship Alumni, particularly from the Global South, on how faith has inspired hope and strengthened the cooperation and community necessary for effective environmental action.

Learning Outcomes: Delegates will gain actionable insights into leveraging youth narratives for effective climate policymaking, particularly from climate-impacted regions.

The Role of Women of Faith

Assess the implications of underrepresentation of women in climate policies, while exploring how policymakers can engage women of Faith to scale climate initiatives.

Learning Outcomes: Understanding the vital role of women in climate leadership and strategies to integrate their perspectives into global climate policies.

The Role of Women of Faith

Assess the implications of underrepresentation of women in climate policies, while exploring how policymakers can engage women of Faith to scale climate initiatives.

Learning Outcomes: Understanding the vital role of women in climate leadership and strategies to integrate their perspectives into global climate policies.

Religious Philanthropy in Climate Action

Leveraging Religious Philanthropy – Exploring the role of various faith-based philanthropic institutions that raise hundreds of billions of dollars per annum, in global climate financing.

Learning Outcomes: Understanding how religious philanthropy can intersect with and contribute towards traditional climate financing objectives.

Religious Philanthropy in Climate Action

Leveraging Religious Philanthropy – Exploring the role of various faith-based philanthropic institutions that raise hundreds of billions of dollars per annum, in global climate financing.

Learning Outcomes: Understanding how religious philanthropy can intersect with and contribute towards traditional climate financing objectives.

Faith Across Borders: Strategies for Africa-Europe Climate Collaboration

Representatives from the African Union and EU discuss collaborative strategies involving faith communities in climate action and sustainability.

Learning Outcomes: Develop frameworks for faith-driven collaborative strategies between Africa and Europe for effective climate action and sustainability.

Faith Across Borders: Strategies for Africa-Europe Climate Collaboration

Representatives from the African Union and EU discuss collaborative strategies involving faith communities in climate action and sustainability.

Learning Outcomes: Develop frameworks for faith-driven collaborative strategies between Africa and Europe for effective climate action and sustainability.