Good news is emerging from Paris, even as the City of Light continues to clear away wreckage from recent deadly terror attacks. In a Parisian suburb, top leaders from around the globeâ??faith-based and heads of state,paris accord poor and rich, small and large, developing and industrializedâ??gathered for 13 days to hammer out a climate accord hopeful enough for heaven and nature to sing. And for churches to celebrate.
The Paris Accord represents what many thought impossible. In an unprecedented show of collaboration, 195 countries came together to take shared responsibility to slow global temperature rise and the havoc that results from it. As you probably know, global warming has already begun disrupting the delicate balances of Creation. Weather patterns are shifting dramatically, sea levels are rising forcing some communities to move to higher ground, and people are being displaced. In fact, the horrifying civil war in Syria has been linked to drought spurred by climate change.
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