global warming

May 28, 2009

Science-informed, faith-inspired, and hope-driven

I’ve done it at last. It took courage, a stiffening of the spine (and of a range of other joints!) and a couple of hundred quid...
May 21, 2009

Christian communicators highlight climate justice on the road to Copenhagen

The World Association for Christian Communication is calling on religious leaders and communicators to push for urgent and radical action on climate change in the run-up to the international Climate Conference in Copenhagen.
May 7, 2009

Heated climate debate in Iceland

It has been another roller-coaster week. I am writing this from a volcanic island which is at once the most energy-sustainable place on earth and at the same time, the most financially unsustainable.
April 22, 2009

US churches back Earth Day pledge to Obama on climate change

To mark Earth Day today the US agency Church World Service is backing immediate action to fight climate change through an national postcard ‘Countdown to Copenhagen’ advocacy campaign aimed at the Obama administration and Congress.
March 28, 2009

Millions taking part in Earth Hour organise giant switch-off

Millions of people worldwide have been switching off lights for an hour at 8.30pm local time today, in what is described as the biggest climate change protest ever attempted.
March 24, 2009

Keep climate change pressure up after Coventry success, activists urged

After the success of the recent rally in Coventry, it is vital to keep the ball rolling on climate change, says UK-based international development and advocacy agency Christian Aid.
March 22, 2009

Free Churches seek bold G20 action on economy and climate

Baptist, Methodist and United Reformed Church chiefs want the G20 heads of government, meeting in London next week, to move boldly on the current economic crisis and action on global warming.
March 18, 2009

CAFOD's climate change campaign gets ministerial pat on the back

The UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change has congratulated Catholic aid agency CAFOD on its new campaign to raise awareness and mobilise pressure on the issue of climate change.
March 12, 2009

British and European churches lobby EU on UN climate change summit

Churches in Britain are working with Christians across Europe to lobby ministers meeting in Brussels on 18 March to decide the European Union's position at a UN summit on climate change.
March 3, 2009

Campaigners to converge on Coventry for crucial climate change protest

Hundreds of campaigners from around the country will join forces with NASA’s Dr James Hansen, a world expert on global warming, in Coventry on 19 March 2009 for a national Climate Change Day of Action.