An Appeal to the leaders and representatives of Indigenous Peoples and faith communities – Storforsen, Sweden

The Storforsen Appeal was composed at a conference hosted in 2015 in Storforsen, Sweden by the Church of Sweden and the Canadian Council of Churches.

The appeal, addressed leaders and representatives of Indigenous Peoples and faith communities worldwide, calling on them to urge delegates and leadership attending the Paris Climate Conference take bold action and make brave decisions on climate change.

Introduction:

Meeting on Sami Territory in Sweden, October 5-8 2015, we – participants attending the conference on the Future of Life in the Arctic – The Impact of Climate Change. Indigenous and Religious Perspectives – appeal to the leaders and representatives of Indigenous Peoples and faith communities to call on your fellow citizens; your public representatives; your delegates to the Paris Climate Conference; Mary Robinson, United Nations Secretary General’s Special Envoy on Climate Change; and Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to take brave action and make bold decisions on promoting climate justice.