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Ritz Carlton Hotel, Mega Kuningan, Jakarta
October 4, 2023

CONFERENCE ON RELIGIONS AND CLIMATE CHANGE – SOUTHEAST ASIA (CORECS) 2023

“Religions and Climate Change: An Effort to Reintroduce Religious Values and Local Culture in Environmental Preservation and Sustainable Development”

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The conference is named “The Conference on Religion and Climate Change – Southeast Asia” with the theme “Religion and Climate Change: An Effort to Reintroduce Religious Values and Local Culture in Environmental Conservation and Sustainable Development.

“This major theme will be discussed during a series of dialogue sessions, focusing on three topics: reorienting political-economic policies to address the environmental crisis and climate change, the role of religion and religious leaders in mitigating the impacts of climate change, and the influence of religious and social ethics on human behavior towards climate change.

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The Conference on Religion and Climate Change for Southeast Asia, will take place over three days, from October 4, 2023, at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Mega Kuningan, Jakarta.

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165

Participants

100

Government (Ministry of Religious Affairs and other Ministries/Institutions), Religious Councils, Islamic Organizations, Religious and Public Universities, Islamic Boarding Schools, and Non Govermental Organizations (NGOs).

65

Representatives from abroad, including the Muslim Council of Elders, Al-Azhar Al-Syarif, as well as religious leaders, academics, and NGOs from various countries in Southeast Asia.

Remarks

Yaqut Cholil Qoumas
Menteri Agama Republik Indonesia

Prof. Dr. M Quraish Shihab, MA

Pendiri dan Anggota MHM

Konselor Mohammed Abdelsalam

Sekjen MHM

Ir. Laksmi Dhewanthi, M.A.

Direktur Jendral Pengendalian Perubahan Iklim

First Section

Datuk Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri

(Malaysia’s former Minister of Religious Affairs ; Member of the Board – Muslim Council of Elders)

 KH Zulfa Mustofa

(Vice Chairman of the Executive Board of Nahdlatul Ulama, Indonesia)

Mr. Jose Agostinho da Costa Belo Pereira

(President of National Election Commission of Timor Leste)

Dr. Tee Boon Chuan

(Institute of Chinese Studies, Universiti Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia)

Dr. Sobhita

(Head, International Buddhist Education Centre, Myanmar)

Dr. Naziruddin Mohd Nasir

(Mufti of the Republic of Singapore)

Second Section

Dr. K.H. Lukman Hakim Saifuddin

(Minister of Religious Affairs 2014-2019)

Bhante Dhammasubho Mahathera

(Head of the Theravada Sangha Guesthouse, Indonesia)

Sheikh Dr. Ahmed Bin Abdulaziz Al Haddad

the Grand Mufti and head of the Fatwa Department at the Dubai Fatwa Centre

Charanjit Kaur Darshan Singh

(Assistant Professor at University Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR, Malaysia)

Master Benjamin Tan

(Special Committee Member, Taoist Federation, Singapore)

 Prof. Dr. Drs I Nengah Duija, M.Si

(Director General of Hinduism, Ministry of Religious Affairs, RI)

Third Section

Prof. Dr. Din Syamsuddin

(Chairman of Advisory Council of Indonesia’s Movement to Save the Earth

Prof. Datuk Dr. Azizan Baharuddin

(University Malaya, Malaysia)

Father Ferry Sutrisna

(Eco Camp, Bandung, Indonesia)

Dr. Amanda Katili Niode

(The Climate Reality Project, Indonesia)

Dr. Fachruddin Mangunjaya

(National University, Indonesia))

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The conference is named “The Conference on Religion and Climate Change – Southeast Asia” with the theme “Religion and Climate Change: An Effort to Reintroduce Religious Values and Local Culture in Environmental Conservation and Sustainable Development.”
This major theme will be discussed during a series of dialogue sessions, focusing on three topics: reorienting political-economic policies to address the environmental crisis and climate change, the role of religion and religious leaders in mitigating the impacts of climate change, and the influence of religious and social ethics on human behavior towards climate change.