Copenhagen climate summit

Tomorrow (December 7) is the beginning of the climate summit in Copenhagen. This is a subject where I confess I don't understand the issues well, but I know that drastic change—which is to say, drastic repentance—on the part of the nations is necessary to reduce the destruction we are inflicting on the earth and the living beings it sustains. Industrialized nations, including my own, bear the greatest burden of guilt.

I'm planning to fast tomorrow to mark the opening of the summit. I'll be praying for a spirit of wisdom to guide the summit. I want to pray, also, for a spirit of repentance to be poured out on the peoples of the earth, and especially the people of my nation. But then I think: if you want the Spirit to move people to repentance, then you need to be out there bearing testimony.

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In the spirit of learning "of things both in heaven and in the earth, . . . things which must shortly come to pass . . . ; the perplexities of the nations, and the judgments which are on the land" (D&C 88:79), and in the spirit of being anxiously engaged in good causes with like-minded people, here are some resources on climate change:

• "What to expect from Copenhangen" (Operation Noah)
• "Copenhagen climate change talks must fail, says top scientist" (The Guardian; a pessimistic take by an American scientist who fears that strategies favored by governments are insufficient)
• "Faith Principles on Global Warming" (National Council of Churches)
• Resources for the Climate Change Day of Prayer (observed by churches in Britain; scroll down for "Prayers and Readings")

It pleases God to have given all these things to human beings, for to this end were they made—to be used with judgment, not to excess nor by extortion. (D&C 58:20)