According to the new national survey conducted by Public Religion Research and sponsored by Faith in Public Life and Oxfam America, a majority of Americans, including majorities of Catholics and Evangelicals, believe addressing climate change now will create new jobs and help avoid more serious economic problems in the future; almost 7 out of 10 (69%) Americans and similar numbers of Catholics and Evangelicals agree that climate change is making it harder for the world's poorest people to support their families; and approximately three-quarters of the general public and comparable numbers of Catholics and Evangelicals favor helping the world's poorest people adapt to food and water shortages caused by rising global temperatures.
This tells me that a surprising variety of Christians, including evangelicals who aren't typically concerned with or involved in environmental problems, are becoming increasingly convinced that there is a real environmental crisis at hand and that practical action must be taken to begin to alleviate the problems. I'm also pleased to see that a notably high percentage of more conservative-minded Christians are acknowledging global warming and its effects on the poor around the world.
From a Unity perspective, the environmental crisis is very real, must be dealt with, and many practical steps are being made in national and local Unity organizations to help contribute to raising consciousness about the issues and promoting means of taking action in everyday life to foster a sustainable future. See Unity's EarthCare Team for more info.
Faith in Public Life has a press release.
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