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Politicians, business leaders, and activists from around the world are meeting this and next week in Glasgow, Scotland, to make commitments and urge others to do the same to keep the planet from overheating more than it already is. Earth\u2019s global temperature has risen 1.1 C and as the planet has warmed, fires have raged in Australia and California, heatwaves and floods have killed hundreds around the world. So what can be done to keep the temperature from rising .4 or more degrees?\nChristians have been actively petitioning God for prayer. Believers in Asia, Europe, and North America gathered monthly from spring to fall to offer intercessory prayers ahead of the United Nations climate change conference, in an event organized by Lausanne/World Evangelical Alliance Creation Care Network, A Rocha International, Youth With A Mission England, Christian Missionary Fellowship International, Tearfund, and Young Evangelicals for Climate Action.\nThe Young Christian Climate Network organized about 2,000 people to walk between the southwestern tip of the UK to Glasgow to raise awareness about climate change and the current practices leading the earth\u2019s rise in temperature.\nPhilip Summerton is a full time missionary worker with YWAM in Scotland and a marine and terrestrial conservationist who has done work on the restoration of coral reefs in the Seychelles.\nSummerton joined global media manager Morgan Lee and news editor Daniel Silliman to discuss the goals of COP26, what\u2019s impeding us from reaching them, and why the climate movement needs Christians.\nWhat is Quick to Listen? Read more.\nRate Quick to Listen on Apple Podcasts\nFollow the podcast on Twitter\nFollow this week's hosts on Twitter: Morgan Lee and Daniel Silliman\nLearn more about YWAM Scotland\nMusic by Sweeps\nQuick to Listen is produced Morgan Lee and Matt Linder\nThe transcript is edited by Faith Ndlovu\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices