Pardee Center Hosts Panel Discussion on Faith and Climate Change

On September 19, 2024, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (OCIS), and the Institute on Culture, Religion & World Affairs (CURA) hosted a panel discussion exploring the moral dimensions of climate action and the possible role of faith-based values in encouraging positive environmental and climate behaviors.

The event featured İbrahim Özdemir (Uskudar University, Turkey), Afreen Siddiqi (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), and Mary Evelyn Tucker (Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology), and was moderated by Pardee School of Global Studies Dean Emeritus Adil Najam.

A video recording of the event can be viewed above or on the Pardee Center’s YouTube channel.

This event was part of a larger collaboration between the Pardee Center and OCIS to establish a future-oriented, interdisciplinary, and structured research initiative to explore the possible links between climate action and faith-based values – particularly in the context of Islam and Muslim societies. Learn more about the initiative here.