Religious actors are engaged in the climate policy environment. They participate in meetings and dialogues and thus bring their norms into the climate discourse. Nevertheless, there is currently comparatively little research on religion in EU climate policy discourse. Besides the question which normative aspects are brought into this discourse by faith-based actors, it is also still largely open which other actors perceive religion as a potential or but also as a normative obstacle. This article aims to contribute to filling this research gap. It is available in open access at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41682-021-00082-0 [transfer title to Citavi project using this DOI] .