Kate Soper is a British philosopher. She has published widely on environmental philosophy, aesthetics of nature, theory of needs and consumption and cultural theory. She is the author of Humanism and Anti-Humanism (Hutchinson, 1986). She is a member of the Humanist Philosophers Group.

YWCA is a nonprofit, global membership association run by and for women and their families that advocates peace, justice, human rights, environmental awareness and the rights of women.

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is the world’s largest humanitarian organization.

Young Life Club is a non-profit, non-denominational Christian organization reaching out to teens with programs in some 450 communities in the United States and Canada and 36 countries overseas.

Church Growth Institute works to provide practical resources to help pastors, churches, and individuals 

A “pray for climate change” service held in Australia drew a number of global faith leaders, according to an Anglican Journal article. The leaders are in Melbourne for the Parliament of the World’s Religions, where climate change from a spiritual perspective is expected to be discussed.

Catholic News Service writes about the Vatican delegation to the conference in this article.

Read a Dec. 3, 2009, blog post, “Climate Talks Blow More Hot Air,” by Tony Perkins, head of the Family Research Council. Perkins and the FRC reflect the views of many conservative Christian skeptics.

Read a Dec. 3, 2009, column at Sightings, titled “Faith and Science: At War No More.” It is written by Martin Davis, former director of the Congregational Resource Guide.