Climate Change and Global Warming
Scientists tell us "global warming is real; the science is
sound; and the effects are likely to be severe." We add "this
is a religious issue!" We are called to care for all of God's
children, especially the most vulnerable, and to protect and restore
God's creation. Climate change is a threat to all people and all
of creation.
- News! Click
here to view the Supreme Court amicus brief on global warming
filed by the NCC
- Learn! Click here to learn
more about global warming's impacts
- Events! Council Participates in Global Warming
Town Halls in Florida, Nebraska,
and MinnesotaIn cooperation with the Natural Resources
Defense Council, the NCC has participated in town hall meetings
across the country on the issue of global warming. Click
here to read about the October Town Hall in the Miami
Herald.
Faith-Based Global Warming Resources
As people of faith, we understand our responsibilities to protect
the sacred gifts given by God and to heal a world torn by brokenness
and human strife. Air pollution and global warming, like all human-induced
environmental degradation, is a sign of this brokenness.
- Click here for faith-based
climate resources.
- Click here for faith statements and leadership letters.
- Click here to read the Energy
Stewardship Guide for Congregations.
- Click
here for a copy of Cry of Creation: an Interfaith Study
Guide on Global Warming.
- Click here to download a copy of the Earth
Day 2004 Air resource
- Carbon
calculator for congregations
State Climate Change Campaigns
IPeople of faith in eighteen states across the USA have formed
coalitions of religious people from all faith communities to educate
and advocate on the issue of global warming. These state
campaigns are collaboration between the National Council of
the Churches of Christ in the USA and the Coalition on the Environment
and Jewish Life.
- For a list of Climate Change Campaigns, click
here.
- Click here, for a copy of
the state energy charters in ten states: Iowa,
Maine, Michigan,
New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon,
Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington,
West Virginia
People of Faith Take Action
- Click here, to learn about faith events.
- In July 2006, the Unitarian Universalist Association adopted
a formal statement of conscience on the threat of global warming.
The statement culminates a two-year study process and commits
UUAs to promoting individual and collective actions to address
global warming.
- In March 2006, the Sisters of St. Dominic of Caldwell turned
on 648 solar panels that now power 8% if the campus, making it
the largest solar power program in New Jersey.
- In a letter to President Bush released on Earth Day 2004, more
than 100 national and state leaders of the National Council of
Churches expressed moral concern over the President's stewarship
of the environment--particularly on the Administration's "clean
air" policies and its implications on public health. Click
here to view the ad.
- Despite opposition from some of their colleagues, 86 evangelcial
Christian leaders have decided to back a major initiative to fight
global warming, saying "millions of people could die in this
century because of climate change, most of them our poorest global
neighbors." Click
here to learn more about evangelicals and climate change.
What We Can Do
We can take action to help curb the adverse effects of climate
change/global warming.
Learn More
To find out more about climate change/global warming, click here,
or check out some of the organizations listed below.
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