COP23 – Bonn

During COP23 in Fiji, Sister Jayanti gave an interview in the Climate Action Studio. She identifed the link between individual consciousness and the mitigation of the effects of climate change. She gives a number of practical examples. This is a fascinating insight.

Valériane Bernard attended the COP23 debriefing on behalf of the Brahma Kumaris. The meeting was held in Geneva. The meeting included a number of senior members of faith-based organisations from around the world. They sought to find ways of maximising the outcomes from the COP23 held in Bonn.

Religion World have created a web site report of the Brahma Kumaris efforts at COP23 and make some very positive statements. Their report includes pages from one of our reports and a video talk from Sister Jayanti talking about the importance of our planet and our universal need to look after it.

Following the press conference on 13th November (Visionary Leadership for a Sustainable Future), Sister Jayanti issued a press statement.

The Parliament of the World’s Religions reports on the delivery by bicycle of the Interfaith Climate Declaration at COP23 by a host of world spiritual leaders, including the Brahma Kumaris.

This report includes:

16th Nov

• Side Event in Bonn Zone: Faith and Community Approach to Climate Action
• Sharing with Solar Cooker International
• Interfaith meeting deciding next year’s actions
• Meeting the Indian Minister of Environment
• Our panel: Mobilising inner resources towards sustainable living

This report includes:

• News of the opening of the high-level negotiations and Sister Jayanti attending
• Carolin meeting UNFCCC Executive Secretary, Ms. Espinoza
• Sister Jayanti and the launch of the “Declaration of the ethical principals”
• Sister Jayanti interviewed by “Balance”
• COP delegates meeting M. Macron, President of France
• Side event “Transforming lives, hearts and policies”

Dinner with Markus Kurzdiel of the German Society for International Cooperation

This report includes:

• delivery by rickshaw
• singing Greenpeace
• Meeting UNFCCC Secretary General
• Climate policy frameworks by German research institutes
• Visiting famous places
• Hope and strength for a world in transition
• Interview by Solution Zone TV

This report includes:

• Women and Gender Constituency meeting
• Meeting of faith-based organisations
• Sister Jayanti’s interview in the Climate Action Studio
• some very good photos

This report from the BK COP team includes:

• Interfaith programme “Sustainable living”
• RINGO meeting
• A surprise find
• Juan’s interview by a North Carolina reporter
• Juan’s nano interview
• Photo of our team and stand
• Sonja and Golo meeting Dr Daniel Klingenfeld, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
• Photos of the team in action

This report from the BK COP team includes:

• The opening of the conference
• The opening of the BK stands
• The side event: Global implications of rapidly changing Arctic
• Golo’s presentation at Cologne Institute for Tropical Science
• BK side event: Visionary leadership for the transition to clean energy
• Evening reception
• Team photo

Seminar: Climate Change, Ethics, Renewable Energy (6 Nov 2017) Panel: Hope and Strength for a World in Transition (10 Nov 2017) Faltblatt auf Deutsch Leaflet in English Panel: Visionary Leadership for a Sustainable Future (14 Nov 2017)

At the UN Climate Change Conference this year (COP23, from 6 to 17 November) nations of the world will meet to advance the aims and ambitions of the Paris Agreement and achieve progress on its implementation guidelines.

The Brahma Kumaris COP23 team is now assembling and getting ready for a busy time at the COP23 event in Bonn, Germany. We all need to be leaders and change makers in order to face the challenges that are to come with a proceeding climate change. Where do we find the courage to transform ourselves and to inspire our human family? There is an urgent call to create a sustainable life style for all.

A panel discussion will be held Tuesday 14th November, 7:00 – 21:00 hrs (reception at 6:15pm) including a number of top speakers:

• Sister Jayanti, Director, Brahma Kumaris
• Anne Barre, Women Engage for a common Future (WECF), Coordinator Gender & Climate Policy, Strategic Partnerships.
• Joachim Golo Pilz, Energy Advisor Brahma Kumaris, Head of India-One solar thermal power plant

The moderator will be:

• Thomas Bruhn, Potsdam Research Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (iass-potsdam.de)

Welcome to an evening where different pioneers share their visions on how a sustainable future society can look like.

We all need to be leaders and change makers in order to face the challenges that are to come with a proceeding climate change. Where do we find the courage to transform ourselves and to inspire our human family? There is an urgent call to create a sustainable life style for all.

The venue will be:

LVR, Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn, Colmantstr. 14-16, 53115 Bonn