'Tikkun olam' once meant standing with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Now it means standing for climate justice.
'See, I have set before you this day life and death, blessing and curse — and choose life.' So says Moses near the end of the Torah, reminding the Jewish people of God's commandment to do good in the world. It's an idea that will be front of mind for many Jews this weekend on the holiest of days, Yom Kippur. Moses' words should also serve as a powerful inducement to act on climate in the Hebrew year 5785.
We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history there is such a thing as being too late.' Indeed, climate scientists say we must slash heat-trapping pollution more than 40% globally by 2030 and at least 60% by 2035 to keep Earth's average temperatures from rising beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius. Even if we fail to meet that target, every bit of global warming avoided means fewer deaths, less economic damage, less chaos.
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