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Churches Caring for Creation and Climate Justice
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2. The effects ofsocietyorganizationstobemoreeffectiveintheiractionandadvocacyforclimatejustice.climate change are Theurgencyof thesituationcallspeoplesandchurchestoactimmediately.Thisactionforbeing experienced climatejusticeshouldbeseenaspartof thecalltoconversion,whichimpliesaprofoundchangedramatically in intherelationshipwithnature,economicpolicies,consumption,productionanddevelopmentpatterns.some countries andSharing and Advocatingregions of the world,particularly in Africa, TheWCCeffortshavecombinedthesharingof initiativesdevelopedbychurchesandotherthe Caribbean, theecumenicalpartnerswithadvocacyrelatedtotheUnitedNations.ChurchesareincreasinglyaddressingPacific and South thecausesandconsequencesof climatechange.TheWCCdelegationshaveadvocatedatallConferenceEast Asia.of Parties(COP)of theUNFrameworkConventiononClimateChange,havingsubmittedstatements, ComprehensivepoliciesareurgentlyneededTheinspirationandcalltoorganizedside-eventsandecumenicalandinter-topromoteadaptationprogrammesincountries careforcreationandaddress religiouscelebrations.severelyaffectedbyclimatechange.Atthesame climatechangearerootedinthetimestrongmitigationmeasures(especiallythroughBible,whichteachesthewholenessthereductionof CO2emissions)shouldbetaken of creation.Godcreateshumantoreversetheincreasingglobalwarming.Christianbeingsandchargeshumanitytocareforchurchesaredeeplyengagedintheseendeavours. theearth,tobestewardsof it(Genesis1:28). TheClimateChangeprogrammeof theWorldThewholecreationhasbeengroaningasintheCouncilof Churchesstartedin1988,asafollow-painsof childbirthrightuptothepresenttimeupof theworkdoneonsustainablecommunities (Romans8:22).beginninginthemid70s.Theseeffortsbrought FromaChristianecumenicalperspectiveclimateenvironment,economicandsocialconcernstogether. changeisapproachedinaholisticwaytakingitsTheConvocationonJustice,PeaceandIntegrityof differentdimensions(environmental,social,politicalCreation,heldinSeoul,Korea,in1990,framedworkandcultural)intoconsideration.whichhascontinueduptonow. Climatechangeisalsoamatterof justice,asthosewhoareandwillincreasinglybeaffectedare theimpoverishedandvulnerablecommunitiesof theA Biblical and Ethical ImperativeglobalSouthwhodonothavethemeanstoadaptto thechange(MinuteonGlobalWarmingandClimateWhencreationisthreatenedbyclimatechangechurchesChange,WCCCentralCommittee,Geneva,Feb.2008).andChristiansarecalledtospeakoutandactasan Nowisthetimeforclimatejustice.TheWCCexpressionof theircommitmenttolife,justiceandlove. hasjoinedchurches,otherecumenicalactorsandcivil Niksa ArneCO2 emissions are one of the most prevalent causes of global warming. Kiribati, 2005: king tides wash over islands.