This year, governments, religious leaders, and civil societies around the world are looking to the leaders to take strong action on the global environment and climate change, on fulfilling commitments to aid and support in the pursuit of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), on anti-proliferation and peace building, and global economic issues. Earlier this month, leaders from Religions for Peace, the world’s largest and most representative multi-religious coalition, also recognized the significance of this summit and the pressing importance of acting on today’s global challenges when they met at the “World Religious Leaders Summit for Peace” to construct a joint perspective on those challenges.