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I keep coming back to the Christian theme. If Christians around the world really got behind action on issues of this kind, we could very strongly address the need to protect the poor and provide for them. And that could make an enormous difference.

I have recently thought a lot about sharing. We, as Christians, share. People by and large share things with their family very readily. They share things with people in their locality and try to help people who need things. We share things on a national basis quite well, because we have social programs in most of our countries that help people in need through government action.

But when it comes to the international scene, we're really very bad at it. Considering the enormous divide between the rich world and the poor world, the opportunities for sharing are very large—not just sharing things, but sharing expertise, sharing industrial competence, sharing how you build up businesses, and sharing how you build up viable and effective economic activity.

There are all sorts of ways in which we can help other countries in the world. The possibilities of doing things are indeed very large.

For detailed information on climate change, see the Hadley Centre website www.metoffice.com/research/hadleycentre.

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Earlier Christianity Today coverage of climate change includes:

Heat Stroke | The climate for addressing global warming is improving. A Christianity Today editorial (Sept. 16, 2004)

The New Climate Coalition | Evangelical leaders bolster the fight against global warming. (Feb. 8, 2006)

Environmental Wager | Why evangelicals are—but shouldn't be—cool toward global warming. By Andy Crouch (Aug. 4, 2005)

Climate Change Briefing Brings Together Christian Aid Groups | Rising temperatures will disproportionately affect the poor, say analysts. (Oct. 19, 2004)

Tending the Garden | Evangelicals and the environment. By John Wilson (Jul. 7, 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. (Apr. 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)

The Evangelical Climate Initiative website offers a call to action statement, along with a list of signatories, and other resources.

Earlier Christianity Today articles on other creation care issues include:

Why We Love the Earth | Our belief in a Creator, not crisis scenarios, drives our environmental concerns. A Christianity Today Editorial by Howard A. Snyder (May 15, 1995)

Bald Eagles and Babies | The case for compassionate conservationism. By John E. Silvius (June 27, 2001)

Eco-Myths | Don't believe everything you hear about the church and the environmental crisis. By David N. Livingstone, Calvin B. DeWitt, and Loren Wilkinson (June 27, 2001)

God's Green Acres | How Calvin DeWitt is helping Dunn, Wisconsin, reflect the glory of God's good creation. By Tim Stafford (June 15, 1998)

Greening of the Gospel? | Evangelical environmentalists press to add creation care to the church's mission. (Nov. 11, 1996)

Evangelical Environmentalism Comes of Age | a brief survey of leaders in evangelical environmental ministry (Nov. 11, 1996)

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