In the California office of Interfaith Power and Light (IPL) on Dec. 18, staff members were reluctant to leave their desks, reported founder the Rev. Canon Sally Bingham. Instead they stayed glued to their computers, following the deliberations in Hall Tycho Brahe, Copenhagen, where on Dec. 19 at 4 a.m. local time, in the middle of a long winter's night, nations continued to debate the proposed accord of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15).

When agreement was finally reached, Bingham could only say that she found the result "extremely disappointing" because of the lack of binding commitments for the nations to act.

The Rev. Jeff Golliher, program associate for the environment and sustainable development in the Office of the Anglican Observer at the United Nations, home from leading a delegation to Copenhagen, agreed that the outcome of the official Conference of the Parties was not promising. He noted that there were positive signs, in that China is taking some steps to slow greenhouse gas emissions, and the United States seems to be facing the scientific facts about climate change.

Golliher's hope, though, of seeing developing countries involved in the solution to global warming, was not met. He pointed out that developing nations were looking for both financial assistance to mitigate the effects of changing climates and some technical help with sustainable development.

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1. Daniel wrote: Could it be that progressive Christians find anthropogenic global warming to be a more attractive religion than orthodox Christianity?  I seem to see signs that point to such a state of affairs. December 24, 9:37 am | [comment link]

2. Jim the Puritan wrote: Why were they contributing to global warming by all watching their computers?  They know that computers and hi-tech equipment are one of the largest contributors to excess carbon emissions.  At a minimum, they could have all crowded around one computer.  It’s hard to take the Global Warming religionists seriously when they will not even make these small changes to their behavior. December 24, 2:00 pm | [comment link]

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