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  • 24 Aug 2007
    Climate campaigners will personally lobby industrial polluters

    Climate change campaigners will meet one of the UK’s biggest greenhouse polluters on Friday 24 August 2007 to urge the company to curb its emissions. They hope that personal persuasion as well as political pressure can bring about concrete change to save the planet.

  • 10 Aug 2007
    Civic and faith activists back US climate change fast

    A coalition of activists from US civic and religious groups concerned about the impact of climate change on the global community, particularly the poorest, are organising a fast on 4 September 2007 to call for concerted action.

  • 2 Aug 2007
    Methodists welcome draft climate change bill

    Responding on behalf of the Methodist Church in Britain, Anthea Cox, the denomination's Coordinating Secretary for Public Life and Social Justice, has welcomed the Report of the Joint Committee on the Draft Climate Change Bill.

  • 31 Jul 2007
    UK Christians in long march to combat global warming

    Sponsored by Christian Aid, an agency of 41 denominations in Britain and Ireland, the 'Cut the Carbon' marchers began their 1000-mile (1610 kilometre) trek on 14 July in Bangor, Northern Ireland. ENI report on their progress.

  • 27 Jul 2007
    Making a noise for climate change

    This weekend you have an opportunity to listen to some fabulous music a make a difference to climate change and its impact on global poverty.

  • 27 Jul 2007
    World music fans have a chance to combat climate change and poverty

    At this year’s WOMAD world music festival (27-29 July 2007) Christian Aid is asking visitors to join its Climate Changed campaign as they listen to acts from countries struggling to adapt to devastating climate change.

  • 16 Jul 2007
    Government told carbon emission cuts vital for the global poor

    British MPs have been warned by Christian Aid, at a special briefing at the House of Commons, that unless the UK government commits to reducing emissions by 80% by 2050 millions of people in the developing world will suffer.

  • 10 Jul 2007
    Longest ever UK protest march will focus on climate change

    On 14 July Christian Aid will launch the longest ever UK protest march, backed by celebrities including singers Lemar and Amy Macdonald and actors Leonardo Di Caprio and Katie Leung, as part of its 'Climate Changed' campaign.

  • 6 Jul 2007
    Music lovers challenged to ‘Cut the Carbon’ at T in The Park

    T in the Park, the biggest carbon neutral music festival in the world, is this year supporting development agency Christian Aid’s Cut the Carbon campaign and helping promote its 1,000 mile Cut the Carbon March across the UK.

  • 25 Jun 2007
    Methodists plan to put climate change into the picture

    The Methodist Relief and Development Fund (MRDF) will be using a red, two metre high ‘carbon footprint’ at this year’s British Methodist Conference to highlight the danger to developing countries posed by climate change.