by Agency Reporter | Apr 26, 2023 | Briefing
FAITH GROUPS from across the spectrum are pressing Lloyd’s of London to do more to tackle climate change. Writing in The Times on 24 April, 23 faith leaders called on the world’s largest insurance market to “show leadership” by ending insurance for all new fossil fuel...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 26, 2023 | Briefing
AN AVAAZ PETITION urging US President Biden and the leaders and finance ministers of the G20 countries to “tax the entire wealth of the ultra-rich now” has been signed by over half a million people from around the world and is continuing to rapidly gain signatures. A...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 25, 2023 | Briefing
AS FOSSIL fuel companies continue to explore for new oil and gas, 31 faith institutions from the US, the UK, Australia, Canada, Italy and France joined a global divestment announcement, proclaiming ‘no faith in fossil fuels’ by making their assets...
by Agency Reporter | Apr 25, 2023 | Briefing
HUMAN RIGHTS MONITOR, a partner organisation of the World Council of Churches (WCC), has expressed grave concern as Indonesian security forces intensify operations in West Papua. In a recent report the Monitor notes that killings and torture of indigenous Papuans are...
by Staff Writer | Apr 24, 2023 | Briefing
TWO INSULATE BRITAIN supporters were jailed on 21 April, after they told a sentencing hearing at Inner London Crown Court that they planned to continue in civil resistance until the government decarbonises the UK housing stock and halts new oil and gas exploration....
by Agency Reporter | Apr 24, 2023 | Briefing
IN THE MOST RECENT YEAR (2022–23), school spending per pupil in Scotland was over £8,500. This is over 18 per cent or £1,300 higher than the level seen in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, all around £7,200 per pupil. School spending per pupil in Scotland was...
