Religion and Global Warming

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this year 13 Australian faith leaders including Anglican Bishop George Browning, Rabbi Jeremy Lawrence and Br Ikebal Patel have called for targets to reduce greenhouse pollution by between 60-90% by 2050 and a clean energy target of 25% by 2020.

it is called the The Interfaith Common Call to Action On Climate Changeand has been facilitated by the Climate Institute. it builds on Common Belief which was released last year and included statements by a wide range of Australian faith leaders about climate change and a shared belief that there is a moral obligation to care for the earth.

they are extending this Interfaith Call to Action to representatives of religious communities around Australia and them to show their moral commitment to addressing Climate Change. if anyone is interested they can download the Call to Action on the climate institute's website and submit it.

The Statement by the 13 leaders call on the Aust gov't to do a number of things including

1.Ensure Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions peak and begin to decline in the next five years, set a long term reduction target of at least 60-90% below 1990 levels by 2050 and a pathway of strong interim targets to meet that long term target.

2. Ensure all new electricity generation comes from clean energy and legislate a clean or renewable energy target of 25% by 2020.

3. Set world’s best energy performance standards and establish a priority package of efficiency measures to cut energy waste and deliver all cost effective energy savings, particularly for low income households.

4.Strengthen, broaden and deepen current greenhouse international agreements, help neighbouring countries make the switch to clean energy and prepare for climate change, and lead the world in a response that avoids dangerous climate change of global warming more than 2 degrees above preindustrial levels.

the full one page statement is on the climate institute's website if you are interested. some amazing signatories.

seems like the religious institutions in australia are united on this issue.

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