Cultures and Religions

Abstract

Ethical standards never exist in pure abstraction. They are always set within specific social contexts. Religions form an important social and cultural background to societies all over the world and as social capital, moral background or cultural actor, they play an important role in the public sphere. Religions contribute to the attachment of climate protection and development to a basic understanding of nature and the world and in this respect, they can influence climate and development discourses. Only if people adopt climate issues within their own cultural and religious practices, can political programmes be effective.