Consciousness and Climate Change

Considering issues such as climate change and sustainability within a spiritual framework and highlighting the inner dimension of the decisions facing the United Nations (UN) member states, is one of the contributions of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University (BKWSU) to the UN community.

Our premise is: What the world needs at this time is a profound shift in awareness – a shift in the thinking that is producing our current environmental crisis.  Expanding the climate change conversation to include the inner spiritual dimension will transform the quality of the conversation and create a possible agenda for action among stakeholders.

As the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in his address on sustainability at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in January 2011:

“What we need at this time . . . is a revolution.
Revolutionary thinking. Revolutionary action.”

Spiritual Framework

At the core of the Brahma Kumaris’ work is the understanding of the connection among awareness, attitude, vision, action, and the world.  All real change – big changes in the word and small changes in a single life – occurs as a sequence of subtle shifts, beginning with a change in awareness.

Brahma Kumaris at the United Nations

The Brahma Kumaris is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) of the United Nations, in general consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).  It is also affiliated to the UN Department of Public Information (DPI) and is an accredited observer organization to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Position Papers on Climate Change and Sustainablity

Consciousness and Climate Change: Confluence of two living systems

Consciousness and Climate Change: Confluence of two living systems II
Consciousness and Climate: Confluence of Two Living Systems II
Statement for the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP16
November 29 – December 10, 2010, Cancun, Mexico

Earth Care - A Revolution in Thinking
Earth Care - A Revolution in Thinking
Statement for the 64th Annual UN DPI/NGO Conference: Sustainable Societies; Responsive Citizens
September 3-5, 2011, Bonn, Germany

Vision Statement on Climate Change and Consciousness

Vision Statement

Mission Statement of the Brahma Kumaris on Climate Change

Brahma Kumaris mission statement