Useful Bible passages for climate questions #1

There are many wonderful articles here about stewardship of God’s creation. So here’s an experiment to try something different.

Can we pool our experience to provide Biblical answers to basic questions many Christians are asking? Please start with a Biblical reference and follow it with a short explanation (80 words max).

To set a context let’s consider climate change and the recent statement from the US National Academies of Science (http://bit.ly/usnas-climate): “Climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities, and poses significant risks for… human & natural systems”

So here’s a question:

‘Is climate change a priority issue for Christians?’