Pandemic highlights need to address moral dimensions of climate change, scholars warn
May 26, 2020
An online conference held by the Baha’i Chair for World Peace at the University of Maryland provided participants with a forum to examine environmental challenges at a time of heightened consciousness about humanity’s oneness and its relationship with nature.
COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND, United States — The current global health crisis and its consequences have prompted renewed warnings about environmental challenges ahead. A recent online conference held by the Baha’i Chair for World Peace at the University of Maryland provided participants with a forum to examine these challenges at a time of heightened consciousness about humanity’s oneness and its relationship with nature.
“The current global health crisis… shows how individuals, communities, institutions, and governments must come together to address a common concern,” said Hoda Mahmoudi, holder of the Baha’i Chair for World Peace, in her opening remarks at the conference.
“[This] crisis calls for non-partisan, united action based on scientific evidence and ethical considerations. It demands moral courage. The same is true for climate change.”
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