The Swedish Archbishop gears up for the Interfaith Climate Summit"

Some days ago Archbishop Anders Wejryd wrote an article in one of the major newspaper in Sweden on climate change. There he gives his view on the climate change policies in Sweden. His bottom line is that Sweden must mitigate their own domestic emissions of greenhouse gases with 40% by 2020. To say that other countries emit a lot more and that the Swedish part of the world emissions are so small is no way of showing responsibility in the international discussion.
He refers to the upcoming Interfaith Climate Summit that will take place in Uppsala,Sweden 28- 29 November where persons from different faith traditions will come together to sign a manifesto on climate change.

Archbishop ends the article by saying that
"Climate change demands wise, considered and common measures. Especially in we in our westerns societies have to go through drastic changes in the next decades. Spiritual leaders are ready to come together and show the way to create hope and positive models for every day life. Now it is up to the political leadership to do the same."

Now, lets hope that the Interfaith Climate Summit brings the manifesto to the political scene and back to the faith traditions of the world. Everybody have to act and do it now.
In this time when the Climate Sceptics are more loud and the financial crisis are taking over the discussion we have to keep the climate focus. We can not afford to ignore the crisis and we have to understand that it is time for real change, and that the sceptics are slowing us down.