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  • 16 Dec 2009
    Icy polar bear melts in Copenhagen while politicians argue

    Polar bears are important not only for their beauty but for being at the top of the Arctic food chain. But pollutants carried to the High Arctic by winds and ocean currents threaten the bears - another victim of climate change.

  • 15 Dec 2009
    Bells, banners and appeals from faith groups in Copenhagen

    Bells pealed as a warning on climate change after the Archbishop of Canterbury told a church service in Copenhagen, attended by people from major faiths and Christian denominations, that humanity can only show love to all by making the earth a secure home.

  • 14 Dec 2009
    Bookmaker takes bets on impact of climate change on polar bears

    Ireland’s largest bookmaker Paddy Power are taking bets on the estimated global polar bear population on 31 December 2011 according to the world's largest independent conservation organization, the WWF.

  • 14 Dec 2009
    No action too small, say faith leaders at UN climate summit

    For Copenhagen to be a success, all of us need to act. No action is too small; it could be one of these small actions that triggers a major change, says a Hong Kong Christian environmentalist at the UN summit in Denmark.

  • 14 Dec 2009
    How the Church is investing in climate change

    The Churches need to need to end their dualism over mission and recognise that where their treasure is, there their hearts will be also. And this means an end to their investments in oil, mining and other companies which are driving climate change, says Jonathan Bartley

  • 13 Dec 2009
    Archbishop says voices of the poor are vital to climate change deal

    The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has told an indigenous Ecuadorean farmer that her voice and the voices of the world’s poor are critical to achieving a strong climate deal for the most vulnerable communities.

  • 13 Dec 2009
    Last stand of the climate change deniers

    In the last few weeks, Britain's few remaining climate change deniers have attempted a last throw of the dice in an effort to derail the Copenhagen climate summit.

  • 12 Dec 2009
    Christians cycle and re-cycle to the Copenhagen summit

    Some 30 supporters of the international development agency Christian Aid, who cycled all the way from Britain, have arrived in the Danish capital Copenhagen today to join protests about climate change.

  • 11 Dec 2009
    Tutu and church leaders to mobilise on climate change in Copenhagen

    Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu and church leaders from the regions most affected by climate change will speak out from a faith perspective during the Copenhagen UN climate summit this Sunday.

  • 11 Dec 2009
    Bells ring out in Denmark as faith and climate science join forces

    When church bells start ringing in Copenhagen, and all around the world, on 13 December, they will not be heralding an early arrival of Christmas. Rather they will peal out a call to action and prayer to respond to impending climate change.