Paul Douglas Lays Out A Faith-Based Approach To Climate Change

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Paul Douglas is reaching out as a man of faith and a meteorologist to talk to evangelicals about climate change.

The former WCCO chief meteorologist has co-written a new book titled "Caring for Creation," and it aims to show readers a faith-based response to the global environmental problem.

Douglas, who was a guest on WCCO Sunday Morning, said his book in an attempt to reframe the discussion about climate change into something beyond just the science, which he describes as undeniable.

"You can pile on the science, but at some point, people tune out the science," Douglas said. "But if you frame this under the guise of clean energy, energy freedom, energy security...it's framing the story in a way that resonates and appeals to peoples' faith."

Douglas says that Christians, as stewards of the Earth, have a moral obligation to do something about climate change and the threat it poses to the world.

"In Matthew, Jesus said, 'What you did not do for the least of these you did not do for me'"...Those with the least, the poorest among us, are the first to feel the impacts [of climate change]," he said.

Effects such as rising sea levels, flooding and water shortages could cause massive, global migration, dwarfing the current refugee crisis in Europe.

"We ignore [climate change] at our peril," Douglas said. "I ask people, Do you love your kids? They say, Of course I love my kids. I say, well, do this for your kids and their kids...They are going to wonder what you did."

"Caring for Creation" is available at bookstores and Amazon.com.