The annual interfaith summit releases the Faith Leaders Statement. The Faith Leaders Statement underscores G 8 commitments to the Millennium Development Goals and processes that move toward equity and justice. As the G 8 has evolved into both G 8 and G20 meetings, the faith leaders have also addressed the G 20. The 2010 Faith Leaders Statement, A Time for Inspired Leadership and Action, calls on global leaders to:

• address immediate needs of the most vulnerable while simultaneously making structural changes to close the growing gap between rich and poor;
• prioritize long term environmental sustainability and halt climate change, while addressing its impacts on the poor;
• invest in peace and remove factors that feed cycles of violent conflict and costly militarism.