Spirituality, heat, climate and conflict - Rabbi Yonatan Neril at COP28

In this ClimateGenn episode recorded at COP28 in the UAE, I speak with Rabbi Yonatan Neril from Jerusalem about his interfaith work to unite all faiths for climate action. The Faith pavilion at COP28 aimed to broadcast clear messages to the 6.5 billion plus people around the world who identify with a faith. 

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We also discuss how the failing political COP process is leading us into conflict and trauma, made so horribly clear by what is going on between Israel and Hamas. 

When the temperature goes up, conflict increases too. As calls for peace are amplified, the risk of expanding wars also increases. Yonatan says this challenges our species to be more spiritually aware and as stewards of the Earth, rather than destroying it with war and consumption.