Call to Action

FINAL PAGE OF REPORT:

We encourage Anglicans everywhere to:

• Join in prayer and fasting for climate justice on the first day of each month as an integral part of life and worship.
• Implement energy conservation measures in church buildings and moving to renewable energy sources as quickly as possible.
• Take measures to conserve recycle and collect water around church buildings and properties.
• Nurture biodiversity on church land by creating safe habitat for indigenous species.
• Support local communities by sharing water, energy and arable land resources for local food production.
• Support sustainable land use initiatives, including a halt to the clearing of native forests.
• Advocate for sustainable water, food, and agricultural practices in our communities. It is imperative to take into account the interwoven relationship of food, water and energy systems.

We call upon political, economic, social and religious leaders in our various constituencies to address the climate change crisis as the most urgent moral issue of our day.  

We urge them to:

• Work with all possible commitment and speed toward fair, ambitious, accountable and binding climate change agreements at national and international levels.
• Develop policies that genuinely assist environmental and climate refugees and promote mechanisms of intergovernmental co-operation that ensure their human rights, safety and resettlement

In conclusion

We affirm our belief with the words of the Creed “We believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth.” And we affirm that this statement is foundational for the Gospel of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Our declaration is offered in prayer, with thanksgiving to God, creator, sustainer and redeemer of all to whom be glory and praise, now and forever.

Almighty God, You created the heavens and the earth and all that is in them. And you created humankind in your own image and it was very good; Grant us the courage to recognize our failure to maintain your creation. And by your grace help us to halt the degradation of our environment. Through Jesus Christ our Lord, Who came that we might have life in all its fullness. Amen.