(Jewish Group) Five things Jews can do to stop climate change
The news from the United Nations on climate change is as daunting as it is depressing. The question is what can we, as individuals and as a community, do about it?
The report’s key finding is that human activity has already raised the planet temperature by 1.1 degree Celsius — the reason for this summer’s intense wildfires, floods, perhaps even the die-off of gray whales — and that the planet could warm by 2, 3 or even 4 degrees Celsius, with even more catastrophic effects, over the next two to three decades.
The (barely) good news is that cutting greenhouse gas emissions and removing carbon from the atmosphere can avert the otherwise inevitable planet-wide disaster. In other words, there’s hope, and where there is hope, there is a reason to act.
Jewish organizations and leaders, with some notable exceptions, have not made climate change action their focus. The tendency is to focus on issues that are more immediate or more emotional, like antisemitism, Israel advocacy or Jewish continuity.
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