"Our desire to consume everything of value, to extract every precious stone, every drop of oil and every creature from the sea knows no bounds. This quest for profit subverts our present and our future," stated Archbishop Desmond Tutu, speaking at World Wildlife Fund 's 50th Anniversary April 29, 2011.

Faith leaders gathered at the UN complex in Nairobi, Kenya. "We call on you to refute the myth that action to cut emissions is too expensive, when it is cheaper than the long term costs on inaction," said the faith-based leaders in a June 8, 2011 statement. They also issued a wide range of recommendations for world leaders to set binding targets for phasing out fossil fuels, and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions less than one degree centigrade, as a measure of slowing down global warming.

The B.C.-Yukon division of KAIROS, a long-established ecumenical Candian Christian development organization brought together fifty Christian, Hindi, Jewish, and Buddhist faith-based leaders together to urge B.C. Premier Christy Clark and Opposition leader Adrian Dix to balance profit with sustainability in handling B.C.'s natural wonders.

Monks and rabbis stood alongside Catholics and Anglicans in Canberra, Australia June 2, 2011 in support of the Australian government's plan to tackle climate change, which includes a carbon tax.

"This isn't actually an issue as to whether one believes in God or not or how one believes in God," said Rabbi Jeffery Kamins, adding that combating climate change was a moral imperative no matter what religious beliefs people held.