Discerning and Deciding: Bold Climate Action

According to a recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world has less than three years for its greenhouse gas emissions to peak and head into a relatively rapid decline.

Careful discernment is needed on where people of faith and conscience should place their time and energy in organizing for the policies that will lead us to a more just and hospitable world.

Should the focus be on climate legislation currently being considered in Congress? Should the focus be upon presidential emergency powers?

Some answers to these questions are discussed in a webinar held on Thursday, June 9, 2022 (now on YouTube) featured three leaders in the climate movement:

• Keya Chatterjee, Executive Director of U.S. Climate Action Network

• Miranda Ehrlich, Federal Field Director for the Sierra Club

• Jean Su, Energy Justice Director for the Center for Biological Diversity

Here are some links from the June 9, 2022 presentation

• Action Alert for the National Climate Emergency Act

• Petition to Federal Trade Commission to Investigate Utilities (Deadline Extended)

• Endorse Resolution Declaring Utilities as a Human Right

• Disruptive Humanitarianism to Address Climate Crisis

• Action Alert for Environmental Justice for All

• Environmental Justice for All Fact Sheet

• Environmental Justice for All Tour

• UCC Action Center Sign-Up

This monthly installment of Creation Justice Webinars is co-hosted by the Rev. Dr. Brooks Berndt who serves as the Minister of Environmental Justice for the United Church of Christ and the Rev. Michael Malcom who serves as the Executive Director for Alabama Interfaith Power & Light and the People's Justice Council.