Links to various Australian and international statements by the different Christian denominational structures and prominent organisations.
Ecumenical
Joint statement by Pope Francis and the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, September 1, 2017
World bishops' appeal to COP 21 negotiating parties, October 26, 2015
http://www.scribd.com/doc/287076328/World-bishops-appeal-to-COP-21-negotiating-parties
Black Church Climate Change Statement, October 29, 2015
http://www.blackchurchclimate.org/black-church-climate-statement.html
Catholic
Encyclical letter of Pope Francis, launched 18 June, 2015, Laudato Si’: on Care for Our Common Home
See here a summary of Laudato Si' by Harry Creamer, an ARRCC member who is a Buddhist climate activist.
Global Catholic Climate Movement statement
Anglican
Anglican Communion Environment Network, published Good Friday 2015, The World is Our Host
National Association of Evangelicals (US)
Call to Action on Creation Care (20 October, 2015)
World Council of Churches
Documents on climate change, starting from the most recent speeches, prayers, statements, such as those regarding COP21 negotiations in Paris.
Australian Statements
Some religions have also produced resolutions and papers on climate change in addition to Common Belief:
Anglican Church of Australia
- Joint statement of Anglican Primates of Australia and Southern Africa: The Moral Imperative of Climate Action
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Reports and statements on energy and climate change, along with links to the national Anglican Environment Working Group and the Australian Anglican Environment Network.
- Environmental resolutions of the Anglican Church of Australia, General Synod, in October 2007.
The Catholic Church in Australia
- Climate Change: Our Responsibility to Sustain God's Earth. A Position Paper from Catholic Earthcare Australia endorsed by the Bishops' Committee for Justice, Development, Ecology and Peace.
Uniting Church in Australia
- Resolutions, position papers and resources on environmental justice, and energy and the environment.
Baptist Union of Australia
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
The Salvation Army
Positional statement on the Environment
