Climate change: It is too late to save our island, but not too late for the world, say Pacific Christians

24.11.08 - 12:49 ... source : World Council of Churches

... At the 16-21 November United Nations Advocacy Week of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Christians from the Pacific islands have appealed for worldwide solidarity with regard to climate change, a question of life and death in their communities, Rev. Asora Amosa, a Samoan-born pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand, spoke of the region's feeling of threat: "If icebergs break off and float past the south coast of New Zealand we wonder what is coming next." Addressing a diverse group of more than 100 representatives from churches and organizations defending people and nature around the world, Amosa underscored that it is time to take action together: "We have criticized the industrialized nations for failing to take courageous action, but we realize also that the time for according blame has gone." Rev. Baranite Kirata from Kiribati, one of the thre ...» Next (HTML)