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Global Warming - Introduction

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ELCA Policy Base
"The earth is a planet of beauty and abundance; the earth system is wonderfully intricate and incredibly complex. But today living creatures, and the air, soil, and water that support them, face unprecedented threats. Many threats are global; most stem directly from human activity. Our current practices may so alter the living world that it will be unable to sustain life in the manner we know."

The ELCA recognizes that the threat of "dangerous global warming, caused by the buildup of greenhouse gases, especially carbon dioxide" poses challenges to the entire world, and commits us as individuals, as a worship community, and as a public church, to address this serious threat to God’s creation.

SOURCE: ELCA, Caring for Creation: Vision, Hope, and Justice (1993); ELCA Churchwide Assembly Action CA01.07.57 (2001).

Background

• What is global warming?
• Hasn’t the earth’s climate changed before?
• What are the impacts of global warming now and in the future?

What Can You Do?

• Learn more
• Advocate for change
• Make changes in your life and your community

What Individuals and Congregations Can Do, and What the ELCA is Doing

• What individuals can do
• What congregations can do
• What the ELCA is doing

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February 2007