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globalgood.org, a resource portal for Episcopalians working together to support the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and to reduce global poverty, seeks to help you engage these efforts, which frame the justice and peace work that General Convention has designated as the Episcopal Church’s top mission priority for 2007-2009.
Theological context and practical resources are highlighted throughout this site -- underscoring the MDGs as an action plan affirmed by nearly all of the world’s countries and leading development institutions.
Working together, we can make a difference. Thank you for your commitment to living local life for global good.
Working together, we can make a difference. Thank you for your commitment to living local life for global good.
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DID YOU KNOW . . . May 22 is International Day for Biological Diversity?
The International Day for Biological Diversity (or World Biodiversity Day) is a UN-sanctioned international holiday for the promotion of biodiversity issues.
Recently, the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA), indicated that climate change is likely to become the dominant direct driver of biodiversity loss by the end of the century. Current climate change estimates predict increases in temperatures of 1.4°C to 5.8°C by 2100. This will affect species in several ways such as: changes in distribution; increased extinction rates; changes in reproduction timings; and changes in length of growing seasons for plants.