Action on Climate Change Must Help Most Affected
New Poll: Religious Groups Want Gov't to Address Climate Change and Its Impact on World's Poor
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Members of Congress, religious and military leaders are intensifying their efforts to ensure the legislation prioritizes the most vulnerable at home and abroad. A new radio and email campaign will press this message in key districts across America, in an effort to persuade Congress to adopt measures that help people most affected by climate change adapt to it.
"Addressing climate change is not just a matter of national security and sound economic policy, but a moral duty to care for God's creation and to care for the needs of those who are contributing the least to climate change but bearing the brunt of its burden," said Congressman Tom Perriello (D-Virginia).
The results of a new national poll, sponsored by Oxfam and Faith in Public Life, and conducted by Public Religion Research, confirm that majorities of Americans, including people of faith, support these goals.
Click here for more details of the campaign and here for the poll results.
The new media campaign includes ads on Christian radio at saturation levels in key districts in GA, FL, NC, MS, AL, LA, VA, OH and emails to over 5.3 million evangelicals and Catholics in GA, FL, AL, and NC. The campaign is designed to encourage undecided Members to support a climate bill that protects the most vulnerable and to demonstrate that the faith and military communities will stand behind them. It is sponsored by the American Values Network, a faith-based 501c4 founded to help amplify the positive voice of faithful Americans.
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Religious groups, including The Evangelical Climate Initiative, Southern Baptist Environmental Climate Initiative, National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, The United Methodist Church General Board of Church and Society, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and The Episcopal Church, long have been committed to ensuring that legislation pays special attention to the needs of vulnerable communities at home and abroad who will be most affected by climate change. They have also consistently pressed Congress to prioritize the needs of at-risk populations who will have the most difficulty adjusting to our attempts as a nation to combat climate change.
