Threat of Global Warming
In June 2004, UUA's General Assembly voted to study and act on the issue of Global Warming for two years, as part of the the Study Action Issue process. The description of the issue that was voted on is at Threat of Global Warming - 2004 Study/Action Issue. In 2006 the results of the study will lead to a proposal for a Statement of Conscience on the issue.
See the Global Warming Study/Action Issue Resource Guide for more information.
Use this page to keep track of what congregations are active, what successes and failures can be reported, etc.
Another popular term for the problem is "Global Climate Change", which reflects the great breadth of issues. For example, these include warming in many areas, cooling in some areas, precipitation changes and increases in violent weather, changes in ocean currents and ice patterns, all of which interact with ecosystems in profoundly complex ways.
This study-action issue was initiated at Mt. Diablo UU Church, Walnut Creek CA by Tony Newey, Art Ungar and others.
Input for SAI Resource Guide
Suggestions for Ministers
Suggestions for Advocacy
Organizations
- Global Greens - An international network of green parties and political movements.
- Green Party of the United States - The political arm of the international Green Movement in the United States.
- Green Sangha - A spiritual community committed to environmental action.
Web Sites
- The Wikipedia articles on Global warming and Climate change present a broad variety of views. They are part of the most widely read encyclopedia on the Internet, and we can help refine them with our insights.
- Pew Center on Global Climate Change
- Global Climate Change: Research Explorer- The Exploratorium
- EPA Global Warming site
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
- U.S. Global Climate Change Policy - from the US Department of State
- BBC on Global Climate Change
Reports
- The Death of Environmentalism: Global Warming Politics in a Post Environmental World
- Scorecard Pollution reports for your county, covering air, water, chemicals, and more.
Articles
- Bush, Kerry Chasing Oil Impossible Dream?: U.S. Dependence on Imports Likely to Continue, Some Energy Experts Say - Washington Post (6/4/04)
- Now the Pentagon tells Bush: climate change will destroy us - The Observer (2/22/04)
Charters/Protocols
Statements/Press Releases
- Kerry, Bush Defer to Lobbies on Global Warming, Fossil Fuels - Green Party of the United States (10/25/04)
- Climate Experts Urge Immediate Action to Offset Impact of Global Warming - American Association for the Advancement of Science (6/16/2004)
- World Bank, Pentagon: global warming red alert: Weather of mass destruction bigger threat than terrorism - Greenpeace (2/22/04)