Climate change threatens all creation

New KAIROS resource connects climate change and poverty

| 07.08.09

Read the resource (PDF Format)

While the environmental impact of climate change is obvious, the human cost remains hidden.

Climate change puts additional stress on the world’s poorest, who often depend on scarce ecological resources to survive. This resource details how an increase in extreme weather events and small changes in rainfall and temperature can lead to disease, famine and displacement.

KAIROS calls churches and individuals to action on October 17, the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, and October 24, the International Day of Climate Action. This resource centers on the Copenhagen climate meetings in December, asking for participating countries to agree to real reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The print edition includes a 4-page Kyotoplus petition (also available in PDF format online), designed to hold Canada accountable to its commitment to reduce emissions and address climate change.

This resource also includes a prayer for climate justice to incorporate into worship services. As a part of God’s creation, we must remember our connection to the environment and our individual and collective duty to live sustainably.

To order a print copy of the resource, please contact Yunis Kariuki at ykariuki[at]kairoscanada[dot]org

 

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