People of faith are inspired to act on climate issues for a multitude of reasons.
- If your religious experience is strongly connected to the sanctity of God’s creation, you will likely feel compelled to defend the natural world from the destruction that results from climate damage.
- If peacemaking is a primary expression of your faith, you may be alarmed at the various ways in which climate change is sowing conflict over scarce resources.
- If the alleviation of poverty is central to your faith, you may be concerned about how the poor are being hit the hardest by pollution and severe weather, yet have the fewest resources to cope with such obstacles.
- If overcoming racism is a core aspect of your faith journey, you need not look far to witness climate injustice, such as racial disparities in childhood asthma rates or the inequitable response to disaster that often occurs when communities of color are the primary victims.
- If your faith is driven by a passion to care for the next generation, nothing threatens our children’s wellbeing more than an unstable climate.
Whatever your faith journey and motivation, climate change is our shared responsibility as people of faith.