This election will be critical in determining how our country responds to the climate crisis and if we follow through on the commitments we made to the rest of the world in Paris. As people of faith, we believe that responding to the urgent threat of climate change is essential to caring for God's creation and loving our neighbors. Human activity, primarily the burning of fossil fuels for energy, has thrown nature out of balance, polluted the air, raised sea levels, made thousands of God's creatures extinct, and threatens the lives and livelihoods of our most vulnerable brothers and sisters. In short, we have become destroyers, not sustainers of, life.

Some political leaders ignore or deny the overwhelming scientific evidence that human behavior is exacerbating global warming. The climate change crisis most impacts those who contribute the least to the problem: the poor and vulnerable. The United States, a wealthy nation with vast resources, has a unique responsibility to show moral and political leadership by:

Transitioning from dependency on fossil fuels toward a clean energy economy.

Honoring the emissions-reduction commitments our nation made at the UN Conference on Climate Change in Paris in 2015, and taking additional actions needed to avert catastrophic global warming. Assisting developing nations - who are least responsible for climate change but most impacted by it - in coping with threats such as increased droughts, floods and sea-level rise by sharing clean energy technology and other supports.

From Interfaith Power and Light 2016 Voter Guide 

OMRAAM MIKHAEL AIVANHOV