President Trump’s announcement on June 1, 2017 that he will withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement has inspired a diverse chorus of condemnation from religious leaders and organizations in the U.S. and across the globe. If your tradition or denomination has issued a statement that you don’t see listed below, please let us know. And if your tradition or denomination has not yet released a statement, ask your leaders to do so—and send them this page of religious statements for inspiration!
Religious Statements Condemning U.S. Withdrawal from Paris Agreement
- 25 religious organizations joined in signing a letter to the Administration.
- ACT Alliance, Lutheran World Federation, and World Council of Churches
- American Jewish World Service
- Catholic Climate Covenant
- Catholic Relief Services
- Christian Reformed Church Office of Social Justice
- Christian Reformed Church Office of Social Justice Special Prayers
- Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life (COEJL) Chair, Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb
- Church World Service
- Faith in Place
- Franciscan Action Network
- Ecumenical statement from Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts and Massachusetts Conference, United Church of Christ
- The Episcopal Church
- Evangelical Environmental Network
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- Friends Committee on National Legislation
- Interfaith Power & Light
- Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns
- The Parliament of the World’s Religions
- Presbyterian Church USA
- Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
- Sisters of Mercy
- Unitarian Universalist Association
- Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
- United Church of Christ
- The United Methodist Church Council of Bishops
- The United Methodist Church, Church and Society
- United Methodist Women
- U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)
- Young Evangelicals for Climate Action
But wait…there’s more! Religious Statements in Support of Paris Agreement and/or Climate Action
- African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Baha’i International Community
- COP22 Interfaith Climate Statement
- Global Buddhist Climate Change Collective
- Indigenous Elders and Medicine Peoples Council Statement
- Islamic Declaration on Global Climate Change
- Oklahoma Conference of Churches
- More links from Interfaith Power & Light
- More links from the National Religious Partnership for the Environment