Whose responsibility is it to care for the

earth?

•Governments? •Businesses? •Scientists?•Media?•Public? •Environmental groups?

Whose job is it to care for the earth?

We believe that:

God created the heavens and the earth.

God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.

The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.

…all things have been created through him and for him.

God so loved the world….

‘Living in a way that honours, rather than threatens the planet, is living out what it means to be made in the image of God’‘What we face today is nothing less than a choice about how genuinely human we want to be.’

2009 Operation Noah Annual Lecture

The Five Marks of Mission

1. To proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom2. To teach, baptise and nurture new believers3. To respond to human need by loving service4. To seek to transform unjust structures of

society5. To strive to safeguard the integrity of

creation and sustain and renew the life of the earth

Is there a problem?

• Burning fossil fuels → CO2

• CO2 is a greenhouse gas – Tyndall, 1850

• 97-98% of active climate scientists agree with the consensus on climate change – that it is happening and it is serious

The last 160,000 years (from ice cores) and the next 100 years

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What is Operation Noah?

ON is an ecumenical Christian charity providing leadership, focus and inspiration in response to the growing threat of catastrophic climate change.

Registered Charity No: 1138101

Our vision

Our vision is of a world where people live sustainably, in harmony with the planet.

We believe the church should be taking a lead in responding to climate change, calling on Christians and our wider society to change the economic priorities on which our lives are based and seek climate justice.

Our approach• Operation Noah aims to provide ethical

and moral insights for the Church. It promotes radical, rapid and equitable changes in our use of resources

• We are working towards a zero carbon Britain by 2030; campaigning both for a reduction in carbon emissions and for climate justice.

• We produce a wide variety of resources.

“The next generation will ask us one of two questions. Either they will ask: "What were you thinking: why didn’t you act?" Or, they will ask instead: "How did you find the moral courage to rise and successfully resolve a crisis that so many said was impossible to solve?" Al Gore

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