Australian Turkish academic calls for solidarity against climate change

Associate Professor Mehmet Ozalp, the founding director of the Charles Stuart University Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation and lecturer in theology, philosophy and history, was one of the signatories of the “No Faith in Coal” declaration by the representatives of three monotheistic religions. He talked to SBS Radio Turkish Program about the declaration, what the Turkish community in Australia thinks about climate change and the need to do more to avert climate change catastrophe. (AUDIO IN TURKISH)

Doçent Mehmet Özalp, Adani kömür madeninin onaylanması, küresel ısınmaya karşı yenilgiyi kabul etmek anlamına gelmez, dedi. Source: AAP Image/Supplied by the Australian Conservation Foundation, Gary Farr