07-10 Resolution on Global
Climate Change (PASSED at the 2007 Annual
Assembly of the
WHEREAS,
global climate change is occurring, due to human activity: The
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change states that “There is new and
stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is
attributable to human activities” (3); and
WHEREAS,
the poor especially are harmed due to global climate change, as they live in
low-lying areas, such as
WHEREAS,
global climate change is considered by many scientists and others to be the
most serious problem affecting the present and future generations; therefore be
it
RESOLVED
that the New England Synod urge the congregations and auxiliary organizations
of the synod to form care for creation committees and become care for creation
centers, and be it further
RESOLVED
that all congregations of the New England Synod be encouraged to perform an
energy audit by January 2008 and commit to reduce energy consumption by 20
percent within the next 10 years.