US President Barack Obama has rescheduled his visit to the UN Climate Change talks in Copenhagen in order to give momentum towards a “meaningful” climate change, the White House said yesterday.

The consequences of a weak deal will be felt first and worst by poor nations where climate impacts are already devastating lives and livelihoods, Cafod has said.

“We believe the United Nations Climate Change Conference is a place where faith and science must intersect” says an open letter posted on The United Church of Canada’s website ahead of the vital Copenhagen meeting.

MPs are being urged to sign up to a parliamentary early day motion calling on the UK government to urge the European Union to take a much stronger stand in tackling climate change.