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  • 3 Oct 2007
    FTSE 100 climate commmitments may lead to increased emissions

    Campaigners from Christian Aid yesterday (Tuesday 2 October) published the results of research which shows that most of the UK’s FTSE 100 companies have not committed to targets for absolute reductions in their greenhouse gas emissions.

  • 3 Oct 2007
    Christian Aid pushes the environmental funny bone

    Saving the environment is a serious business – but you can still have a laugh doing it. That’s the message of UK development agency Christian Aid in launching a couple of hilarious YouTube videos aimed at getting people to take up the eco-challenge with a smile on their faces.

  • 3 Oct 2007
    We need to move beyond Kyoto, says world churches' body

    The Kyoto Protocol is "an important step forward towards a just and sustainable global climate policy regime" but "much more radical reductions [of greenhouse gas emissions] are urgently needed," the World Council of Churches' executive committee has declared.

  • 26 Sep 2007
    Gordon Brown told 'cut the carbon for global justice'

    Two Christian Aid campaigners took their Cut the Carbon message to the highest level of government this week when they told the prime minister that he must act to stop climate change because the poor are suffering the most.

  • 21 Sep 2007
    Archbishop appoints development agency worker as adviser on climate issues

    The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has appointed Paula Clifford on a six month secondment from the UK-based international development agency Christian Aid to help further the Church of England's quest for sustainable solutions to climate change.

  • 21 Sep 2007
    Rich polluters should pay for impact on poor says aid agency

    Rich polluters should pay for the impact of climate change on the world's poorest, a Catholic Aid agency has said.

  • 6 Sep 2007
    'Green' Orthodox Patriarch issues climate change challenge

    Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomeos I, seen by many of the world's Orthodox Christians as their spiritual leader, has issued a warning saying climate change, which threatens the survival of humanity, needs to be dealt with immediately.

  • 5 Sep 2007
    BBC accused of bowing to climate change sceptics on Planet Relief

    In a move designed to safeguard its independence, but which critics will see as bowing to a minority of climate change sceptics, the BBC is reported to have scrapped plans for the TV special Planet Relief, aimed at raising awareness of the human contribution to global warming.

  • 3 Sep 2007
    Green issues challenge international security says C of E

    Climate change is not just a green issue; it is also a security concern, according to a briefing paper published by the Church of England.

  • 31 Aug 2007
    Singer Lemar hails 'amazing' Cut the Carbon rally

    BRIT and MOBO-award winning musician Lemar has described a multi-faith Birmingham Cut the Carbon rally at Millennium Point on Bank Holiday Monday as ‘amazing’ - and has backed popular action to pressure governments on global warming.