Climate Change Briefing Brings Together Christian Aid Groups
Rising temperatures will disproportionately affect the poor, say analysts.
By R. Scott Nolen | posted 10/01/2004 12:00AM
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Senators Lieberman and John McCain have introduced the Climate Stewardship Act, which would create a market-driven system to accelerate the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, Profeta added.
Until recently, Christians have generally been slow to embrace environmental causes, participants said. Walter Grazer, who represented the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops at the briefing, believes the Church has never been more aware of its stewardship for God's creation than it is now.
"We realize that we have a technological capacity to—for good or for ill—to shape creation," said Glazer, manager of USCCB's Environmental Justice Program.
Glazer is encouraged by what he sees as an increasing environmental consciousness among religious communities, which, he added, are well suited to address issues over the long term.
"Concerning issues like this," he said, "which are multigenerational, not only do we have an ethic that takes care of it, we have an institutional capacity to respond across time in a way that other institutions, perhaps, cannot."
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Religion News Service also reported on the conference.
The Evangelical Environmental Network sponsored the What Would Jesus Drive? Campaign. It also has more about global warming and the environment in its Creation Care magazine.
An Evangelical Declaration on the Care of Creation is a statement on care for the environment signed by many evangelical leaders.
Other Christian Environmentalism associations include the Interfaith Council for Environmental Stewardship, Evangelicals for Social Action, and Green Cross.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has a statement on climate change.
The U.S. Agency for International Development has a page on global warming.
BusinessWeek's "Global Warming: Why Business Is Taking It So Seriously" is available from the magazine's website, with registration.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has more information on global warming.
More Christianity Today articles on global warming include:
Heat Stroke | The climate for addressing global warming is improving.—A Christianity Today editorial (Sept. 16, 2004)
Tending the Garden | Evangelicals and the environment. (July 07, 2004)
Religious Leaders Rebuke Bush Administration Over Kyoto Protocol | Officials from the National Council of Churches, Presbyterian Church (USA), United Methodist Church, Disciples of Christ, and African Methodist Episcopal Church say U.S. must limit greenhouse gas emissions. (April 6, 2001)
U.S. Churches Join Global Warming Debate | Environmental stewardship is an act of compassion toward the poor, say mainline Protestants and evangelicals, who are joining with other faith groups to reduce the effects of global warming. (October 5, 1998)
More on Christians and creation can be found on our Science & Health page and Books & Culture's Science Pages.
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