We have a moral and ethical imperative to learn about climate change / global warming, and to act appropriately and decisively. This imperative derives from all people living today on the planet and those who will follow us. We cannot have succeeding generations say, of us: "They refused to learn" or "they knew but did not act."
This climate change portal of the Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office (UU-UNO) features topical articles and other resources for climate change / global warming education from authoritative sources, on science, impacts and mitigation / adaptation strategies - emphasizing what you can do to help.
There is a focus on United Nations efforts for countering climate change / global warming, including a direct reporting blog from the Copenhagen Climate Conference held in December 2009.
The UU-UNO will feature climate change extensively in 2010.
An important UU-UNO climate change event will be the UU-UNO Spring Seminar April 8-10, 2010. We will leverage the seminar with this website to broadcast talks and information to a wide audience.
May 2010 will feature a UU-UNO climate change workshop at the Canadian Unitarian Council's annual conference in Victoria, BC.
Another upcoming UU-UNO climate change event will be a workshop at the UUA General Assembly in Minneapolis in June 2010.
UN Sunday in October 2010 will also feature climate change.
Connections to other UU efforts to combat global warming are featured. For example, here is the UUA 2006 Statement of Conscience on Global Warming / Climate Change
Some graphics on this portal are from the 2007 IPCC reports, e.g. this graph showing the increase in greenhouse gases and their origins:
The photo sequence at the top of this page is shown with the kind permission of Gary Braasch, copyright 2009, from the World Global Warming portal. His AAAS "Climate Change in Our World" exhibit is HERE.
NOTE: Site disclaimer, copyright and usage conditions here.
Main page last updated: 13Jan2010
Related Website: uu-uno.org
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