Leaders of nine major faiths have presented 60 ideas to lessen carbon emissions to the United Nations after Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon singled out the religious community as key in fighting climate change.

The Church of England has used a meeting of global faith leaders and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to launch an environmental strategy for the next seven years.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Chief Rabbi and the Catholic Archbishop of Westminster have joined faith-based groups across the UK in calling for “urgent measures” to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the run-up to Copenhagen.

Britain's Methodist, Baptist and United Reformed Churches have called on European politicians to make firm commitments on climate change policy at the EU summit meeting in Strasbourg, which starts today.

In an Operation Noah lecture at Southwark Cathedral, the Archbishop of Canterbury has set out a Christian vision of how people can respond to the looming environmental crisis.

A major Faith Leaders Summit will precede the G20 Summit of world leaders in Pittsburgh, United States, setting out a priority agenda for tackling poverty and environmental damage.

The Pope has spoken of the "urgent need constantly to defend the environment and the natural world, [and] also to discover its more profound spiritual and religious dimension."

The evolutionary basis of cooperation and mobilising religious believers to act against global warming are two key elements in the fight against climate change, claims Lord May.

Quakers in Britain are calling for governments to change priorities and take radical steps to avert climate change, and are "redoubling efforts to reduce our carbon footprint."

The Archbishop of Wales has said the Royal Welsh Show is a sign of hope for agriculture, a caution about environment threats and a symbol of encouragement in times of despair.