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Governments and religious preachers could cite dogma and teachings from the Five Major Religions which extol a life of moderation - lifestyle doctrine which have largely been ignored by both preachers and their brethren

Religion is a dominant influence over the 6.65 billion inhabitants of Earth.  No where in the teachings of Christianity, the Muslim Cooran of Islam, Judaism, Hinduism or Buddhism are we encouraged towards Economic Materialism.  In fact, most of these religions, in particular, Buddhism profess the opposite, namely to be content with not having a lot and acceptance of the good and the bad in life.  However, religious preachers have ignored their own dogma in not overtly speaking out against Multi Nationals which patently encourage cupidity for their own benefit.

Most religions believe that 'God" created Earth for the enjoyment of mankind which has survived for millions of years, with modern man embarking from Africa some 60 million years ago.  Alas, in the last 200 years, man, in a pursuit of Economic Materialism, has damaged the planet more than man did in millions of years before 1808. 

Snapshot of the Five Major Religions guidance and teachings on greed and materialism.

A nationwide telephone poll of 10,689 voters in a Nov 2004 conducted by Zogby International for the Catholic peace group Pax Christi, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1%, revealed that -
*        33% of voters said the nation's most urgent moral problem was "greed and materialism"; and
*        31% said it was "poverty and economic justice."

Just as religious fanatics, when it has suited them, have seized upon specific sections of the Old Testament and the Cooran to encourage violence, Governments could research (with theologians) the teachings of the Five Major Religions which extol acceptance and moderation.  Whereupon in order to arrest Climate Change and the Other Fourteen Problems, both governments and preachers from their pulpits and in the media, could cite religious teachings which –

(i)         discourage material greed and extravagance;

(ii)        encourage a life of moderation; and

(ii)        instil concern for our fellow man, both present and future generations, by not gouging limited energy resources and further damaging our atmosphere.