"Buddhist Leaders Call For Climate Change Action At Paris Talks"

"A dozen Buddhist authorities, in what they're calling an unprecedented effort, appeal to world leaders to take strong climate change action at next month's Paris conference.

In the letter released Thursday and titled "Buddhist Climate Change Statement to World Leaders," the Dalai Lama and 11 other signatories urge the phasing out of fossil fuels and movement toward 100 percent use of renewable energy. This letter, the authors note, is the first time this so many Buddhist leaders have united to take a stance on a global issue.

Protecting the planet, they write, is a pillar of Buddhism."

Lydia O'Connor reports for the Huffington Post October 29, 2015.