As people of faith, we are convinced that "the earth is the Lord’s and all it holds" (Ps 24:1). Our Creator has given us the gift of creation: the air we breathe, the water that sustains life, the fruits of the land that nourish us, and the entire web of life without which human life cannot flourish. All of this God created and found "very good." We believe our response to global climate change should be a sign of our respect for God's creation.
Global Climate Change: The Situation
Climate change: Everyone talks about it; what can be done about it?
Senators Press President on Climate Change
Iowa Interfaith Power and Light
The Science of Global Climate Change
Global Climate Change: Catholic Thought
Religious and Moral Dimensions of Global Climate Change, Written Testimony to the Committee on environmenta dn Public Works, U.S. Senate by John L. Carr, Secretary, Department of Social Devleopment and World Peace, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, June 7, 2007
Catholic Coalition on Climate Change
Apostolic Nuncio to the United Nations Archbishop Celestino Migliore's address to the Ohio Catholic Conference, Catholic Faith Tradition of Stewardship, April 14, 2007
A Plea for Dialogue, Prudence and the Common Good
A Plea for Dialogue, Prudence and the Common Good -- Spanish language
U.S. bishops urge Congress to respond to global climate change (February 7, 2007)
Archbishop tells the U.N. Economic and Social Council's Commission on Sustainable Development to no longer pretend that human activity has little on global climate change and that the international community must transform its global energy systems to renewable forms.
A Pastoral Letter on the Great Barrier Reef by the
Catholic Bishops of Queensland, Australia (PDF file)
USCCB President Urges President Bush to
Act On Climate and Other Issues At G8 Summit
USCCB International Policy Committee Chair Tells Congress that
Energy and Climate Policy Should Consider Impact on the Poor
Beyond Kyoto: Equity in Global Climate Change Policy
A Call for U.S. Leadership
"Stewards of Creation"
Letter from U.S. Catholic Bishops to the U.S. Senate (July 2004)
Interfaith Statements on Climate Change:
Statement of the Evangelical Climate Initiative.
American evangelical Christian leaders offer a biblically based moral witness on climate change to help shape public policy and contribute to the well-being of the world.
(January 2006)
Presbyterians to Live Carbon Neutral Lives The 217th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, USA, adopted a recommendation for Presbyterians to live carbon neutral lives
Episcopal Church Response to Global Warming The 75th General Convention of The Episcopal Church adopted a resolution on global warming.
God's Mandate: Protecting Creation
(February 11, 2005)
Presbyterian, American Baptist, Church of the Brethren, Episcopal,
Reformed Church in America, and United Church of Christ
Religious Leaders Call for Energy Conservation
(January 2002)
"Let There by Light"
(December 2001)
Global Climate Change: Taking Action
What You Can Do!
Let us tell your elected representatives that you want federal legislation on climate change.
Iowa Interfaith Climate & Energy Campaign
National Interfaith Climate Change Campaign
Practicing Creation Care
Humbly Changing Our Lives
Action Alert: Climate Change Legislation
Global Climate Change: Resources & Web Links
NCRLC Education Resources on Global Climate Change
Global Climate Change: What is our moral response?
Web of Creation
Union of Concerned Scientists
The Climate Institute
Climate Action Network
Irreplaceable: Wildlife in a Warming World
Global warming threatens not only humans, but also God's sacred creation as hundreds of wildlife and plant species face irreversible impacts on their food sources, habitats, and more. The biodiversity of Earth's web of life may be severely diminished as entire species are endanger of extinction in our lifetimes. Visit http://www.irreplaceablewild.org/