Official urges country to have positive environment policy

A CHURCH official has urged the country to have a positive energy and environmental policy for the future.
Evangelical Lutheran Church of PNG head bishop Rev Dr Jack Urame said Papua New Guinea needed policies that would lead the nation away from fossil-based fuels and catastrophic mine waste dumping into the environment.
“Our addiction to fossil fuels harm human health, causes global warming, degrades land and marine ecosystems and pollutes the Earth,” he said.
“Therefore, we need energy systems that provide clean, renewable and reliable energy that do not threaten human health or the environment.
“We must act to preserve our world and strive to secure our future.”
Rev Urame said PNG was obligated to do its part in reaching global targets, adding that failure to do so would be like ignoring a moral responsibility.
He said PNG, as a Christian nation, had a duty of care for God’s creation as man had been called to be responsible care-takers of it.
Rev Urame said bold action was needed to address the daunting issue of climate change.