Views on Climate Change
The On Demand Climate Change Discussion, LA March 24, 2015
and Kevin Noone, Church of Sweden in Washington D.C.
and Kevin Noone, Church of Sweden in Washington D.C.
The Climate Change Crisis features Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori delivering the keynote address followed by two panel discussions: Regional Impacts of Climate Change andReclaiming Climate Change as a Moral Issue.
The panel discussions will be moderated by well-known climatologist Fritz Coleman of KNBC 4 news.
Panelists include:
The panel discussions will be moderated by well-known climatologist Fritz Coleman of KNBC 4 news.
Panelists include:
- Bishop Marc Andrus, Bishop of the Diocese of California. Climate change has been a focus of his work as a bishop.
- Princess Daazhraii Johnson, former Executive Director of the Gwich'in Steering Committee, one of the oldest Indigenous non-profit groups in Alaska focused on protection of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. She currently serves on the SAG-AFTRA Native American Committee, the Dancing with the Spirit committee and is active in her community.
- Dr. Lucy Jones, seismologist with the US Geological Survey and a Visiting Research Associate at the Seismological Laboratory of Caltech since 1983. She currently serves as Science Advisor for Risk Reduction in the Natural Hazards Mission of the US Geological Survey.
- Mary D. Nichols, J.D., Chairman of the California Air Resources Board. She is responsible for implementing California's landmark greenhouse gas emissions legislation as well as setting air pollution standards for motor vehicles, fuels and consumer products.
Sustaining hope in the face of climate change
The heads of three religious denominations - The Episcopal Church, the Church of Sweden, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) – signed a joint statement “to celebrate our commitment to hope in the face of climate change.”
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, Church of Sweden Archbishop Anders Wejryd and ELCA Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson presented the document at the close of the first of a two-day environmental event, "Sustaining hope in the face of climate change" in Washington DC on May 1 and 2.
In the statement the religious leaders vowed, "It is a challenge to commit ourselves to walk a different course and serve as the hands of God in working to heal the brokenness of our hurting world."
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, Church of Sweden Archbishop Anders Wejryd and ELCA Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson presented the document at the close of the first of a two-day environmental event, "Sustaining hope in the face of climate change" in Washington DC on May 1 and 2.
In the statement the religious leaders vowed, "It is a challenge to commit ourselves to walk a different course and serve as the hands of God in working to heal the brokenness of our hurting world."
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