The Creation Care Sub-Committee is pleased to offer a Creation Care-related presentation “Carbon Pricing Basics” on Thursday, February 17, 2022, from 7 – 8:30 p.m., via Zoom, The presenter is Ms. Ruth M. Ivory Moore who is one of the primary authors of the document “Carbon Pricing Basics.”
In October 2019 ELCA Advocacy published a primer on “Carbon Pricing Basics” that provides an overview to the topic and identifies several principles rooted in ELCA social statements that should be used to assess carbon pricing proposals. Also see https://elca.org/Resources/Advocacy#Issues
This presentation is being offered in response to one of the “Resolveds” included in Resolution 2 - ELCA Advocacy Support for the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act - adopted by the 2021 Northern Illinois Synod Assembly as ACTION SA-21-06-12, specifically
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the congregations in our synod be encouraged to utilize “Carbon Pricing Basics” in adult education opportunities, and that the Creation Care Committee be directed to provide a synod wide study of the same document; and …
This event is free and open to all. To register and ensure you receive pre-event information and the Zoom link to join the event, please use the link below.
And, click here for an article in the January 2022 Living Lutheran about the Lutheran voices, including Ms. Ivory-Moore, at the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) Climate Conference held in November 2021.
