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Climate change is not just an environmental crisis. It is a test of our shared humanity and our ability to coexist. At the International Conference on Human Fraternity in Jakarta, Nouhad Awwad of Ummah for Earth and Greenpeace MENA tells AWANI International why faith, identity, and cultural values are key to building climate resilience and unity.
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00:00We need to do that.
00:11We are in Ummah for Earth creating a climate movement within Muslim communities
00:16based on the values of the people, of the faith values of the people.
00:20And we do this not on one country or one region.
00:23We are doing this globally.
00:24We have people from Indonesia, Malaysia, Mana region, Canada, USA,
00:27working all together to create a climate movement within Muslim communities.
00:31And we have showed how this is linked to what we do,
00:34from having a green guide for Hajj and Umrah,
00:37from having eco-conscious Ramadan guide,
00:40even we did community-led initiatives as a reforestation of the bin reserve.
00:45We did a lot of solarizations from Indonesia.
00:48We solarized a peasantry in school to solarizing an orphanage in Malaysia.
00:51And currently we are fundraising to solarize a mosque in Lebanon.
00:54And we already solarized Glasgow Central Mosque in the UK.
00:58So all of that is to protect the most vulnerable communities,
01:04is to achieve climate justice and to make those voices of the people
01:08that are being affected by climate change,
01:10and the least ones historically caused it,
01:12to make their voices heard and to bring them into notice
01:17and to protect the frontline communities.
01:20It's very effective because we are able to reach people
01:23that many organizations haven't been able to reach them
01:26because we are speaking to their hearts.
01:28And at the same time, since there is other also faith movements
01:33that are going and doing interfaith work,
01:35we were able to collaborate and to make an impact locally, regionally and globally.
01:42Had everybody.
01:53As long as the people in different ways .
01:55would not like to participate at the world ofieties,
01:56and we will feel free to live the most vulnerable.
02:01I will know the world ofieties,
02:03that we need to continue building new life ,
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