Building on these and other principles, the member organizations of the National Religious Partnership for the Environment (including the National Council of Churches, the Evangelical Environmental Network, the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops) have played and will continue to play a significant role in reminding our public officials that it is unjust and shameful to be the ones primarily causing the problem of climate change and yet not taking serious and sustained action to mitigate the impacts of our behaviors on the least developed nations that are most vulnerable to climate change impacts.