Faith For Our Planet
Faith For Our Planet is an NGO best known for its efforts to drive climate action by collaborating with faith leaders around the world and promoting faith-inspired sustainable practices. Duke Today called it "a non-governmental organization devoted to uniting faith communities around fighting the effects of climate change". FFOP has held several training workshops around the world and a fellowship program with Duke University for young faith and community leaders to promote climate conservation efforts.
Founding
Faith For Our Planet was founded in 2022 by Muhammad bin Abdul Karim Issa, secretary-general of the Muslim World League, to promote interfaith coalition by building a network of religious leaders from various faiths. An article in The Independent described it as an organization "actively building a faith based network of grassroot religious actors across – and beyond – Africa to combat the climate crisis".Training Workshops
Faith for Our Planet has held various training workshops to build interfaith networks and bring faith leaders from various religious backgrounds together to discuss and promote climate action collaborations. The first of these trainings was held in Islamabad in June 2022 in collaboration with IIUI, RSPN and Iqbal International Institute of Research and Dialogue. FFOP also held a training workshop in London in November 2022 at the Westminster City Council in collaboration with the Lord Mayor of Westminster and that was attended by over 25 faith leaders, interfaith activists and community leaders.In December 2022, FFOP held another training workshop in The Gambia that was attended by participants from eight African countries and 12 Gambian tribes. The trainings focused on how religious leaders could play a role in faith-based climate action in The Gambia.
The fourth training workshop was held in July 2023 in the Bangladeshi city of Dhaka in collaboration with, Dhaka University, and International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD).