CEIE Podcast: Fazlun Khalid Shares Reflections on COP 26 and the Human Challenge

Fazlun Khalid, engineer and prominent interfaith environmentalist, is one of 15 leading eco-theologians in the world. He spoke with CEIE director Dr. Michael Reid Trice about how human development and innovation are destroying the environment, and the responsibility of humans to be aware of their impact on the natural world. 

Khalid has a worldwide reputation as an indefatigable advocate of environmental protection rooted in religious traditions. He appeared on the Independent on Sunday list of the top 100 environmentalists in the UK in 2008 and was also listed amongst the “500 Most Influential Muslims in the World” by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre of Jordan. He founded the Islamic Foundation for Ecology and Environmental Sciences in 1994, which is now established as the world’s leading Islamic environmental NGO. He was the convenor of the Islamic Declaration on Global Climate Change which was launched in Istanbul in August 2015 and is currently the chair of the scholars drafting team of the Al Mizan project (Al-Mizan: A Covenant for the Earth).  

Khalid emphasizes that “This is a shared planet and we have no choice in the matter... this crisis is bringing people together in an unprecedented way.”   

His book Signs on the Earth: Islam, Modernity and the Climate Crisis has been described as a “master class" in framing issues from a faith perspective.  

Listen to the podcast: Reflections on COP 26 and the Human Challenge 

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