by Agency Reporter | Sep 7, 2022 | Briefing
QUAKERS IN BRITAIN have written to new Prime Minister, Liz Truss, urging her to focus on three priorities: climate justice and cost of living, peace, and truth and integrity in public life. As the new prime minister begins her term in office, she should end the UK’s...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 6, 2022 | Briefing
A NEW REPORT PUBLISHED BY THE RSPB brings together experts in conservation and wind energy to look at how the UK can live up to its offshore wind commitments and protect our natural world. The report offers hope that with the right frameworks and political will, ways...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 6, 2022 | Briefing
HALF OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES WORLDWIDE lack basic hygiene services with water and soap or alcohol-based hand rub where patients receive care, and at toilets in these facilities, according to the latest Joint Monitoring Programme report by WHO and UNICEF. Around...
by Staff Writer | Sep 5, 2022 | Briefing
DURING A PLENARY session held on 5 September, as part of the ongoing World Council of Churches 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany, women, men, young people, Indigenous peoples, and people living with HIV and AIDS challenged ecumenical leaders to counter multiple...
by Staff Writer | Sep 5, 2022 | Briefing
THE SIGNS are on the wall. The last decade was the warmest on record. Of the 20 warmest years, 19 occurred since 2000, and evidence indicates that this is due to the rise of greenhouse gas emissions produced by human activity, the World Council of Churches 11th...
by Agency Reporter | Sep 5, 2022 | Briefing
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION looks set to prevent the devastating effect microplastics have on nature and people. On 30 August the Commission released a draft proposal to restrict intentionally-added microplastics, delivering on a 2017 pledge. Microplastics are plastics of...
