By The Numbers

• Despite a La Niña event that cooled the Pacific Ocean, 2020 came just 0.04° Fahrenheit (0.02°Celsius) shy of tying 2016 for warmest year on record.
• From 1900 to 1980 a new temperature record was set on average every 13.5 years; from 1981 to 2019, a new record was set every 3 years.
• The 10 warmest years on record occurred since 2005.

Why Care?

Rising Temperatures destabilize the water cycle, resulting in droughts and floods.

Wildfire seasons are lasting months.

Permafrost is melting, releasing methane, a powerful greenhouse gas that perpetuates climate change.

Creatures of earth are threatened with extinction due to loss of habitat.

Cost of unchecked climate change is placed by Citibank at more than $40 trillion by 2060.

What to do?

• Start at home—Use this Carbon Footprint Calculator to make changes to positively impact creation.
• Learn the facts of climate change.
• Support local companies, farms, crafts.
• Reduce, Recycle, Reuse
• If you have stocks, choose environmentally responsible companies.
• Decrease meat consumption.

Creation Care Team page: See updates on St. Thomas' water projects.

Creation Care Team contact: Marie Myer