Around 84% of the world’s population affiliates with a religion, so how might that matter in the Anthropocene, for the ways our species interacts with the rest of environment? And can religious beliefs and practices add something to the pursuit of climate justice?

Professor Mary Evelyn Tucker is the co-founder and director of the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology, and a member of the global steering committee of the Interfaith Rainforest Alliance. 

Professor Guillermo Kerber is an expert on ecological thinking in Latin American theology, and former director of the World Council of Churches' program on care for creation and climate justice.

Laudato si', Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical letter on care of our common home.