Devotee nominated as a UN advisor.
Gopal Lila das has been nominated co-chair of the UN Multi-faith Advisory Council on Religion and Development. He is Director of the Bhumi Project, an environmental effort of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. He is an advisor to the Climate Action Task Force at the Parliament of the World’s Religions. In Gopal Lila’s new position as co-chair of the UN Multi-faith Advisory Council on Religion and Development, he will represent the Bhumi Project and the Hindu communities it has been working with on climate change and environmental issues. The Multi-faith Advisory Council is the first time in the UN’s 74-year history that it has created a religious advisory council of the world’s faiths. It is comprised of 40 faith-based organizations that actively work and engage with the UN through the Interagency Task Force on Religion and Development. Gopal is excited about the difference he can make, and how he can help ISKCON devotees become more aware of current issues.