These days, lots of people are talking about environmental issues – and especially global warming. 

Some say that to be a good steward of God’s creation, you must be convinced that global warming is likely to be catastrophic, that human activities caused most of the very slight warming of the last 150 years, and that stopping it requires drastic government action.

But is all that true?  And if not, what kind of impact would global warming policies have on the people who can afford it the least – namely the poor here and around the world?

It is because of crucial questions like these that our environmental stewardship must not be based on mere emotions, or media hype – but on firm Biblical principles, and solid scientific and economic facts. 

1. As Bible-believing Christians, we must understand that we don’t have to choose between caring for people or nature – that in God’s wise design, lifting people out of poverty, and helping them fulfill their God-given potential as producers and stewards not only assists the poor, but is the best thing we can do for the environment as well.
   
   
2. We must recognize that a growing number of leading experts are increasingly questioning the supposed “consensus” about man-made global warming, and that evidence of natural, cyclical climate change continues to mount.



3. We must foresee the devastating impacts that skyrocketing costs for food, energy, and other essential needs will have on the poor, and how they can lock millions of our neighbors in the developing world into generations of grinding poverty, disease, and early death.

That’s why a national campaign has been launched by Christian leaders, churches and organizations around a simple statement called the WeGetIt.org Declaration. 

Through this statement, Christians can stand together for genuine Biblical stewardship, and in defense of the poor.

It isn’t about whether we care.

It’s about how we care.

Sign the WeGetIt.org Declaration, and tell our leaders, "We Get It!"

The WeGetIt.org Campaign is a national effort to gather one million signatures on a simple statement by which Christians can show that they are united behind Biblical perspectives on the environment and the poor. The campaign has been endorsed by thousands of pastors, Christian leaders, policy-makers, and theologians, as well as a growing host of national and state organizations. It is conducting outreach across the country to pastors and people in the pews, African-American and Hispanic church leaders, youth, artists, home-schoolers, evangelical scientists, Congressional and state policy-makers, and other Christian leaders. 

A recent Barna study of evangelicals found that only 33% consider global warming to be a major challenge. They are the most skeptical segment of the American population, and they differ most from the general public on this issue among the ten included in the poll.

The science is not settled on global warming. There is not a scientific consensus that global warming is man-made, and is likely to be catastrophic. Many qualified scientists with expertise in climatology, meteorology, and other related fields question the media-driven “conventional wisdom” on climate change. More than 400 were recently highlighted by the staff of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Hundreds of scientists and researchers have signed the Manhattan Declaration stating “human-caused climate change is not a global crisis.” 

According to the U.S. National Center for Atmospheric Research, even “full and perfect compliance” with the Kyoto Protocol on global warming would mean the average global temperature in 2050 would be only 0.2° F lower than it would be in the absence of emissions controls. But its impact on Black and Hispanic communities in the U.S. could cost minorities 1.3 million jobs in 2012.

Efforts to cut greenhouse gases hurt the poor. By making energy less affordable and accessible, mandatory emissions reductions would drive up the costs of consumer products, stifle economic growth, cost jobs, and impose especially harmful effects on the Earth's poorest people. Each of the series of increasingly expensive treaties being proposed to fight global warming would cost hundreds of billions of dollars each year, with the multiple treaties gobbling up many times more every year than the estimated one-time price of providing sanitation and clean drinking water to the nearly 2 billion poor people in the world who lack them now.

A panel of eight of the world’s most distinguished economists, including four Nobel laureates, examined various proposals for dealing with climate change by reducing carbon emissions. The expert panel, in what has come to be known as the "Copenhagen Consensus," regarded these proposals as "bad projects" and "having costs that were likely to exceed the benefits."

Cornwall Declaration on Environmental Stewardship >>>
In the spring of 2000, a coalition of scholars and religious leaders put forward an ethical statement of belief that has so far been signed by over 1,500 clergy, theologians, policy experts and other people of faith.

A Call to Truth, Prudence and Protection of the Poor: An Evangelical Response to Global Warming >>>
Signed by over 170 experts, this carefully researched and thoroughly-documented paper examines major scientific, economic, and ethical questions surrounding the global warming debate.

 “What is the Most Important Environmental Task Facing American Christians Today?” >>>
Many environmental concerns clamor for attention and investment. How do we prioritize these challenges?

Cornwall Stewardship Agenda >>>
A set of practical policy principles addressing poverty, development, climate and energy

Environmental Stewardship in the Judeo-Christian Tradition >>>
Three essays presenting Biblical perspectives on environmental stewardship, edited by distinguished panels of religious experts.

Global Warming Primer >>>
A simple and helpful guide to understanding the science and economics of global warming.

Is it Hot In Here? What Should Christians Think About Global Warming? >>>
A video lecture on the Biblical foundations for our stewardship over the environment and its importance in the debate on Global Warming.

Moore to the Point >>>
A commentary by Dr. Russell Moore of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary examining some basic theological problems with contemporary environmentalism. 

From Climate Control to Population Control >>>
A joint paper from the Institute on Religion and Democracy and Acton Institute examining links between the issues of global warming and abortion.

Open letter to Secretary-General of the United Nations >>>  
One hundred scientists write to U.N. Secretary-General cautioning against catastrophic global warming alarmism.

Vaclav Klaus >>>
President of the Czech Republic giving a speech addressing climate change.

What Population Control Reveals about Unbiblical Approaches to Environmentalism >>>
A presentation exploring anti-population sentiments within much of the environmental agenda.

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