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Church of Scotland
Church and Society Council Responding to Climate Change
http://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/councils/churchsociety/csclimate.htm
Church of Sweden
Church of Sweden’s Position on Climate Change and Development
April 24, 2008
http://csc.ceceurope.org/fileadmin/filer/csc/Climate_Change/CSC_ChurchofSwedenpositionCCanddev.pdf
Episcopal Church / Anglican Communion
Episcopalians Confronting Climate Change
By Lisa Palmer
The Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media
March 6, 2012
http://www.yaleclimatemediaforum.org/2012/03/episcopalians-confronting-climate-change/
The Hope We Share: A Vision For Copenhagen
A Statement from the Anglican Communion Environmental Network
http://acen.anglicancommunion.org/index.cfm
October 12, 2009
http://acen.anglicancommunion.org/_userfiles/File/copenhagen_ACEN.pdf
Resolution B002: Response to Global Warming
2007
http://gc2006.org/legislation/view_leg_detail.aspx?id=188&type=ORIGINAL
Common Declaration of Pope Benedict XVI and The Archbishop of Canterbury His Grace Rowan Williams
November 23, 2006
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/speeches/2006/november/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20061123_common-decl_en.html
Evangelical
"Preachable Moments: Evangelical Christians and Climate Change"
June 28, 2012
http://www.yaleclimatemediaforum.org/2012/06/preachable-moments-evangelical-christians-and-climate-change/
"For Katharine Hayhoe, Climate Change Not a Leap of Faith"
March 29, 2012
http://www.climatecentral.org/news/for-katharine-hayhoe-climate-change-not-a-leap-of-faith?utm-source=feedburner&utm-medium=feed&utm-campaign=Feed%3A+ClimateCentral-News+%28Climate+Central+-+News%29&utm-content=FeedBurner
Climate Change: An Evangelical Call to Action
The Evangelical Climate Initiative
http://christiansandclimate.org/
February 8, 2006
http://christiansandclimate.org/learn/call-to-action/
Global Warming Briefing for Evangelical Leaders
Evangelical Environmental Network
2005
http://www.creationcare.org/files/global_warming_briefing.pdf
On the Care of Creation: An Evangelical Declaration on the Care of Creation
Evangelical Environmental Network http://www.creationcare.org/
1994
http://www.creationcare.org/resources/declaration.php
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Lutherans Reflect on Climate Change Conference in CopenhagenEco-Justice Programs
http://www.nccecojustice.org/globalwarming.htm
Presbyterian Church U.S.A.
Provocative Thanksgiving
A sermon by Tom F. Driver
November 18, 2012
http://fore.research.yale.edu/files/Provocative_Thanksgiving_sermon_by_Driver.pdf
Presbyterians and Climate Change
By Julie Halpert
The Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media
April 19, 2012
http://www.yaleclimatemediaforum.org/2012/04/presbyterians-and-climate-change/
Call to Restore the Creation
1990
http://www.pcusa.org/environment/restore.htm
Quaker / Society of Friends
About the Responsibility to Address Global Climate Change
2000
http://www.nccecojustice.org/globalwarmingfriends.htm
Reformed Church in America
Climate Change Update by the Commission on Christian Action
1993
http://www.nccecojustice.org/globalwarmingreformed.htm
Southern Baptist
Baptists and Climate Change
By Sara Peach
The Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media
March 13, 2012
http://www.yaleclimatemediaforum.org/2012/03/baptists-and-climate-change/
Southern Baptist Declaration on the Environment and Climate Change
The Southern Baptist Environment and Climate Initiative
March 10, 2008
http://www.baptistcreationcare.org/node/1
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
Statement of Conscience on Global Warming/Climate Change
2006
http://www.uua.org/socialjustice/socialjustice/statements/8061.shtml
Beyond Science: Ethical/Religious Dimensions of Global Warming
June 23, 2006
http://uuministryforearth.org/globalwarming/BeyondScienceGA2006.pdf
United Church of Christ
The United Church of Christ and Climate Change
By Christine Woodside
The Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media
April 5, 2012
http://www.yaleclimatemediaforum.org/2012/04/the-united-church-of-christ-and-climate-change/
A Resolution on Climate Change
2007
http://www.ucc.org/synod/resolutions/climate-change-final.pdf
United Methodist Church
God’s Creation and the Church
2004
http://archives.umc.org/interior_print.asp?ptid=4&mid=963
Environmental Justice for a Sustainable Future
2004
http://archives.umc.org/interior_print.asp?ptid=4&mid=959
Environmental Stewardship
2000
http://archives.umc.org/interior_print.asp?ptid=4&mid=962
World Alliance of Reformed Churches
The Accra Confession: Covenanting for Justice in the Economy and the Earth
2004
http://www.pcusa.org/acswp/pdf/accra.pdf
World Council of Churches (WCC)
WCC Climate Change Update #52
July 2011
http://www.oikoumene.org/index.php?id=8511
Statement to the high-level segment of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP11 and COP/MOP1)
December 9, 2005
http://www.oikoumene.org/en/resources/documents/wcc-programmes/justice-diakonia-and-responsibility-for-creation/climate-change-water/091205-statement-to-cop-11-and-copmop-1.html
