PROCEEDINGS
Abrahamic Traditions & Environmental Change 2019 Workshop Proceedings
The 2019 workshop proceedings document includes a detailed agenda of the workshop, speaker abstracts, a summary of each session's discussion, and participants' biographies, as well as the working papers that resulted from the workshop.
View a short film on the workshop and full interviews with participants below.
WORKING PAPERS
Judaic, Christian, and Islamic Perspectives on Shared Moral Principles
(Arabic Translation)
Authors: Jame Schaefer, Associate Professor, Department of Theology, Marquette University, Milwaukee, USA; İbrahim Özdemir, Visiting Professor of Philosophy, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland; Jeremy Benstein, Director of Research & Publications, Heschel Center for Environmental Learning, Tel Aviv, Israel; Fazlun Khalid, Founder, Islamic Foundation for Ecology and Environmental Science, Birmingham, United Kingdom; and Nawal Ammar, Dean and Professor, College of Humanities & Social Science, Rowan University, Glassboro, USA
Citation: J. Schaefer, İ. Özdemir, J. Benstein, F. Khalid, and N. Ammar, “Judaic, Christian, and Islamic Perspectives on Shared Moral Principles,” paper commissioned at the Abrahamic Traditions and Environmental Change Workshop, Rhodes, Greece, 23-26 June 2019, sponsored by the Abrahamic Programs for Academic Collaboration in the MENA Region. August 2019. https://abrahamicprograms.uconn.edu/abrahamic_traditions_and_environmental_change/2019-workshop-proceedings-papers.
MENA’s Common and Differentiated Environmental Challenges
Author: Alon Tal, Chair, Department of Public Policy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Citation: A. Tal, “MENA’s Common and Differentiated Environmental Challenge,” Paper commissioned by the University of Connecticut, Abrahamic Programs for Academic Collaboration in the Middle East/North Africa Region, December 2019. https://abrahamicprograms.uconn.edu/abrahamic_traditions_and_environmental_change/2019-workshop-proceedings-papers.
Environmental Challenges in the MENA Region
Author: Iyad Abumoghli, Director of UN Environment Program - Faith for Earth Initiative; and Adele Goncalves, Intern at UN Environment Program - Faith for Earth Initiative
This paper was written in response to a request by the University of Connecticut following the Abrahamic Traditions and Environmental Change Workshop, Rhodes, Greece, 23-26 June 2019, sponsored by the Abrahamic Programs for Academic Collaboration in the MENA Region.
Mapping Abrahamic Faith-Based Environmental Activities in the Middle East/North Africa Region
Authors: Adele Goncalves, Intern, UN Environment Program - Faith for Earth Initiative
This is the result of the commitments made between UNEP Faith for Earth and Uconn after the Abrahamic Traditions and Environmental Change Workshop, Rhodes, Greece, 23-26 June 2019, sponsored by the Abrahamic Programs for Academic Collaboration in the MENA Region. It is a collection of projects conducted by faith-based organizations in the Middle East and North Africa region. Here, some 40 projects, out of the 68 projects located, are introduced with their duration, objective, budget, activities, etc.