This year churches and faith groups all around Australia are joining together under the leadership of Micah Australia to take action on climate change. We know that Australia is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, and yet our commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and make the necessary transition to renewable energy are embarrassingly inadequate. We have heard the voices of our partner churches and those whose livelihoods and homelands are far more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change than ours and know we need to faithfully respond.

We are asking our Government to increase its targets to reduce the devastating impacts of climate change, to join the global energy revolution, and compensate our poorer neighbours financially as they courageously adapt to the changing climate that rich countries like Australia have largely caused.

We are asking all Uniting Church congregations to be part of the biggest faith based community climate petition ever in Australia. This petition asks the Government to protect communities in Australia and elsewhere from the harmful effects of climate change by:

• committing to deeper and more urgent reductions of our greenhouse emissions;
• developing a plan to ensure Australia achieves zero net greenhouse emissions well before 2050, and supporting families
  and communities affected by the transition towards renewable energy and more sustainable land use;
• providing additional assistance to help our poorest neighbours adapt to the harmful impacts of climate change

We need people to help coordinate events in each electorate around the country as well as collect signatures and sign the petitions. To get involved, contact your Synod Social Justice contact person:

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The Uniting Church in Australia President has offered a Prayer for Action on Climate Change. This prayer can be used at any time to help provide a focus on climate change or during a special service for Earth Day or World Environment Day. Worship resources for World Environment Day can be found here.