The leaders plan to release the statement to the media in late September ahead of the UN General Assembly on Climate and circulate copies to key governments involved in the negotiations.
According to the group, the end-of-the-year summit will be when world leaders face “the true test of global leadership.”
“We call on leaders to work for a strong climate deal that will keep global temperature increase as far below two degrees as possible – the threshold over which climate change impacts will become overwhelming, and reduce emissions by at least 80% (on 1990 levels) by 2050,” they state.
Leading the effort is the Micah Network, an evangelical group of over 330 Christian relief, development and justice organizations from 81 countries.
