Can you imagine a world where people holding different worldviews worked together for the same goal? Many would be skeptical. Some would call it impossible. We call it Faith For The Climate. In a day and age where it seems like people are more divided than ever, there’s nothing more powerful than coming together. We find ways to solve our communities’ big problems. We discover we have a lot more in common than we think. Including the planet we share. That’s why we create spaces to listen, learn and act to make it fairer.
WHAT WE DO
We are a network of support for any group or person who wants to help make the planet fairer and healthier. Here are the ways we do that:
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Our Principles
Five guiding principles that are the foundation of everything we do.
Read them, share them, ask us about them.
Our responsibility is global
Our impact is global. What we do here in the UK not only affects us but communities around the world. In the past that impact has been negative, but together we can make it positive.
There is no climate justice without human rights and social justice
The impact on the earth has hit the marginalised communities the most. They deserve acknowledgement, compensation and true change. Let’s make that happen.
The financial burden is on the richest, not the poorest
Those who’ve profited from polluting our environment need to lead the way in funding global climate action. Not poorer countries, communities and people.
Climate action fixes physical damage and emotional damage too
There’s so much loss that’s happened to our environment. We need to restore natural landscapes as well as our love and connection with our planet to make lasting change.
Climate justice makes people of different backgrounds included and celebrated
Everyone should be able to participate in climate action no matter their social or cultural perspective. We need a planet that’s fair for everyone, not just the most privileged.
Our People
Shanon Shah
Director
Shanon relocated to London in 2010 after a diverse career in human rights advocacy, journalism, theatre and music in his native country Malaysia. He holds a doctorate in the sociology of religion from King’s College London and is Tutor in the Study of Islam at the University of London Worldwide’s Divinity programme. He also conducts research for the Information Network Focus on Religious Movements (Inform), an independent educational charity based at the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, King’s College London.
Giles Goddard
Chairperson
Canon Giles Goddard is Vicar of St John’s, an Anglican church based in Waterloo, London. St John’s hosts the Waterloo Festival and is closely involved in the South Bank arts scene, and is noted for its work on climate justice, inclusion and interfaith.
This is explored in Giles’ three books: Exploring Spirit: Finding What Matters in a Broken World, Generous Faith: Creating vibrant Christian communities and Space for Grace: Creating Inclusive Churches.
Dr Sachi Patel
Trustee
London-born Sachi is the Multi-Faith Coordinator and Lead Chaplain at SOAS University of London. He serves as the Hindu Chaplain at King’s College London, fostering dialogue and understanding across faiths and beliefs. Sachi holds an MPhil in Classical Indian Religion from SOAS, a PhD in Theology from the University of Oxford, and is author of a monograph in the Routledge Hindu Studies Series. Sachi spent ten years as a Hindu monk in the UK and India, serving as a Hindu chaplain at the London 2012 Olympic Games. His passion for interfaith engagement in climate justice has underpinned his decades of community work.
Rabbi Debbi Young-Somers
Trustee
Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers is an interfaith and environmental activist. She is part of the Rabbinic team at Edgware and Hendon Reform Synagogue and teaches Religion and Dialogue at Leo Baeck College where she was ordained in 2009. She is a Buber Fellow from Paideia, the European Centre for Jewish Studies, and was awarded a 21 for 21 award in 2018 for her interfaith work. Her expertise has been captured in her several media contributions including the Jewish Press, Radio 2’s Pause for Thought, BBC 3 Counties Radio and BBC Radio London.
Sue Curd
Trustee
Sue is a member of Quaker Peace and Social Witness Central Committee and also engaged in grassroots Quaker activity supporting activists and exploring various climate justice themes. Before retirement, she was an Open University tutor of environmental studies. For Sue, the marrying of faith with a long care for the environment is a joy; learning much along the way from others is part of that. She is sustained by meeting with other Quakers online for meetings for worship every week, holding a space for listening and facilitating their climate justice activities.
Jo Chamberlain
Trustee
Jo is the Church of England’s National Environment Officer. Previously she was part of the church engagement team at Christian Aid and volunteer Environment Adviser at the Diocese of Sheffield. Jo is responsible for taking forward the strategy developed by the CofE’s Environment Working Group, with a focus on the environment as a theological and mission priority. She works closely with the Net Zero Carbon Programme Team and the Diocesan Environment Officer network, regularly hosting webinars and online network meetings.
Colette Joyce
Trustee
Colette Joyce is the former Justice and Peace Co-ordinator for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster where she led on the Environment and also convened the Southern Dioceses Environment Network. She has previously worked as a sixth form college chaplain, the pastoral assistant for three Catholic parishes in London and Hertfordshire, and managed a refugee day centre with the CofE. She has been an accredited trade union representative for nearly twenty years, working across all faiths and denominations, and was formerly Equalities Officer for the Faith Workers Branch of Unite.
Lucy Plummer
Trustee
Lucy Plummer is a member of SGI-UK (Soka Gakkai International), a community of Nichiren Daishonin Buddhism practitioners. Lucy is SGI representative to the United Nations for Youth Engagement and a consultant for the SGI Office for UN Affairs. Lucy is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Applied Buddhism based at Taplow Court, UK, and a doctoral student of policy at the University of Bath focusing on meaningful youth engagement in policy for sustainable development.
Associate Professor Christopher Ives
Trustee
Chris is an Associate Professor in the School of Geography, University of Nottingham. His academic work focuses on the social and cultural dimensions of environmental management, including how faith shapes responses to environmental challenges such as nature conservation and climate action. He grew up on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Australia and obtained a PhD in environmental geography from Macquarie University in 2012 before moving to Nottingham in 2016. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a Member of the Society for Social-Ecological Systems.
Reporting
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Annual Reports
If you’re interested in an in-depth understanding of our inner purpose and direction of travel at Faith for the Climate, do read this report of our first external review, conducted in 2026.