Climate issue Christian

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ENI – “Our Christian values are at the core of our call for urgent, concerted action on climate change. Not only do we believe that, in the beginning, we were given stewardship of the earth, but we believe that good news for the world's poor people is rooted in justice. Climate change brutally exposes humanity's failure and the failure of its institutions,” a united Christian platform of Caritas Internationalis and the All Africa Conference of Churches said in a statment at the UN conference on climate change held in Nairobi in November.
The secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change said the emission of green house gas, which is responsible for global warming, showed an upward trend by 4.1 per cent between 2000 and 2004. It has resulted in increased global temperatures, rising sea levels and greater risk of heat waves.
“People can be overwhelmed by statistics, but the critical moments that have come out should be considered impetus for our action, not cause for us to be overwhelmed,” said Rev. John Brinkman, a priest who focuses on religion and ecology.
• “This is not a political campaign. It is something that springs out of the Bible. We are all participants in the web of life. This is a deeply spiritual initiative,” said the Anglican Bishop of London, Richard Chartres, as he led the churches' Operation Noah campaign supporters at a rally in London's Trafalgar Square in November.
In his sermon Chartres cited practical actions, such as that taken by a north London church which installed solar panels and is now contributing to the national power grid. He also announced that the (Anglican) Church of England is making a $11.27-million investment in Impax, a fund supporting alternative energy.
• In a video statment to a British church the Bishop of Bangladesh, Michael Baroi, relayed fears that if action is not taken much of his country will disappear under the sea in 40 years' time.