global warming

November 25, 2010

Churches aim to promote change at Cancun climate talks

A World Council of Churches delegation says its aim is to promote 'spiritual values' at the crucial 2010 climate talks in Cancun, Mexico.
November 18, 2010

Global churches issue call for climate justice

A consultation on Poverty, Wealth and Ecology in Europe organised by ecumenical groups and churches in Hungary has adopted the Budapest Call for Climate Justice.
August 2, 2010

Losing paradise: climate change in Fiji

Climate change is transforming the lives of people on Viwa Island off the coast of Suva, Fiji, writes Mark Beach. What appears to the outsider to be paradise on earth is an object lesson in how global warming threatens the vulnerable most of all.
June 9, 2010

UN climate change chief hails role of NGOs and faith groups

Outgoing UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer has spoken of the "incredible" work of NGOs and faith-based groups during the recent climate change talks.
May 17, 2010

Environment activists gather for eco-vigils near Westminster

Britain’s new coalition government “needs to be reminded that there is no economy and there are no jobs on a dead planet”, Christian Ecology Link has declared.
March 21, 2010

Cameron's green policies must go further, say campaigners

Friends of the Earth have welcomed a promise by the Conservatives to establish a Green Investment Bank, but they say that the plan must be combined with others measures to be effective.
February 24, 2010

World churches' chief wants faiths to work together on climate change

Buddhists, Hindus, Jews and Muslims could join Christians in persuading global leaders to agree ambitious, sustainable goals at the next global talks on climate change by joining forces, says the new WCC chief.
February 4, 2010

Tuvalu church leader explains impact of Copenhagen disappointment

A Christian leader from the Pacific, a region especially vulnerable to the impact of human-assisted global warming, has been expressing dismay about the outcome of the recent Copenhagen summit on climate change.
January 17, 2010

Canadian church leader's climate change appeal

Mardi Tindal, the Moderator of Canada’s largest Protestant denomination, the United Church of Canada, has issued an open letter this Sunday about climate change and action to combat global warming.
January 6, 2010

Backing for country's first carbon neutral place of worship

Councillors in Newbury have given their official backing to plans to make a local church the first 'carbon neutral' place of worship in England. St George’s Church aims to make its carbon footprint zero by the end of 2011.