[Episcopal Public Policy Network Action Alert] The drastic impacts of climate change are evident across the globe. Coastal erosion, tremendous hurricanes, severe heat waves, and prolonged droughts often most harshly impact our vulnerable communities: the poor, the homeless, the elderly, and the young. Addressing climate change is a moral challenge of our generation.

Fortunately, the international community has launched a Green Climate Fund (GCF) that will help vulnerable countries to reduce their carbon emissions and to adapt to the devastating impacts of climate change. This initiative relies on the cooperation and financial backing of participating states, and the U.S. has a particularly critical role to play in funding this effort. For Fiscal Year 2016, President Obama has requested $500 million from U.S. Congress to help establish the GCF.

Episcopal Church policy urges the President and Congress to provide financial support and leadership for developing nations to control their emissions of greenhouse gases in order to reduce their vulnerability to climate change. Please call on your members of Congress today and ask them to fully fund the President’s request!

Go here to TAKE ACTION to voice your support for the Green Climate Fund!