Climate Change and Poverty
Addressing climate change is a justice issue. The effects of climate change are already being felt the most by those who can least affordto deal with its effects. And as the climate continues to change, the impact will be more keenly felt both by low-income communities in the U.S. and least developed and developing nations abroad. Water scarcity, drought, crop failure, increased disease, and flooding are just a few of the impacts. The interconnectedness of these two issues cannot be missed.
Effects of Climate Change on:
Faith-Based Climate and Poverty Resources:
- God’s Earth is Sacred: An Open Letter to Church and Society in the United States
- Christian Aid: The Climate of Poverty: Facts, Fears, and Hope
- Earth Day Resource "The Poverty of Global Climate Change". Click here for a free download. Click here to download the Ecological Footprint resource.
- Climate and Church: How Global Climate Change WIll Impact Core Church Ministries
- UN Human Development Report notes effects of climate change.
- Episcopal Bishop reflects on poverty and climate change
- “The Environment Times” from the UN
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Click on the map below to learn more about Climate Change impacts and countries responses:
