by Agency Reporter | Sep 20, 2021 | Briefing
SCOTTISH AND UK RELIGIOUS LEADERS HAVE SIGNED a declaration urging governments to take transformational climate action at the COP26 in November. More than 50 religious leaders signed the Glasgow Multi-Faith Declaration which calls for those in power to put the 2015...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 20, 2021 | Briefing
A NEW REPORT RELEASED BY GREENPEACE USA reveals how consumer goods companies like Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Nestlé are driving the expansion of plastic production and threatening both the global climate and communities around the world. The report, The Climate Emergency...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 20, 2021 | Briefing
THE HIGH COURT HAS REJECTED THE APPLICATION by the mother of Jodey Whiting for a second inquest into her death. The court ruled on Friday 17 September that the first inquest into Jodey Whiting’s death, which lasted only 37 minutes, was sufficient and that the...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 19, 2021 | Briefing
THE GOVERNMENT MUST DROP ITS DISMISSIVE APPROACH TO SCRUTINY says an annual report from the Institute for Government. Parliamentary Monitor 2021 finds that the efforts of MPs and peers to hold ministers to account during the 2019–21 parliamentary session were impeded...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 18, 2021 | Briefing
THE LUTHERAN WORLD FEDERATION (LWF) speaking at the Geneva Interfaith Forum on Climate Change, Environment and Human Rights (GIF), has called on the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) to establish a Special Rapporteur mandate on human rights and climate...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 18, 2021 | Briefing
QUAKERS IN BRITAIN WILL JOIN PARTNER ORGANISATIONS in launching the new Make Polluters Pay campaign as part of the first ever international Loss and Damage Awareness Day, on Thursday 23 September. As part of the day, Quakers are supporting the launch of a new film,...
