Our daily bread but maybe not tomorrow?
I am not normally alarmist, but increasingly find myself very concerned that our global food systems are under exceptional pressures. We might even say four … Read more
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The value of LEDs
One of my personal actions at home during this year’s Lent Carbon Fast was to replace existing low-energy light bulbs with the new generation of … Read more
Fuel poverty
One of the main domestic uses of energy is to warm our buildings in the colder months (and something to cool them in hot summers). … Read more
Statement from the Phillipines
In his address to the opening session of the UN climate summit in Warsaw, Philippines lead negotiator Yeb Sano called for urgent action to prevent a … Read more
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports
Headlines from the IPCC’s recent findings (September 2013): Global scientists have found that to hold warming to 2C, total emissions cannot exceed 1,000 gigatons of … Read more
Church Call for a Green Economy
More than 90 participants from Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant churches from 22 countries met this week at the 9th Assembly of the European Churches Environment … Read more
Post Rio+20 Reflections
Many church and civil society representatives have expressed disappointment over the lack of vision and ambition in the outcomes of the Rio+20 summit, which took … Read more
Rio +20 Statement
On the eve of the United Nations Rio+20 Conference (June 20-22) church leaders are calling for action on sustainable development now to protect future generations. … Read more
Budapest Call for Climate Justice
We, delegates of churches from 32 European countries and participants from churches from all over the world met in Budapest from 8 – 12 November … Read more
Climate change equality
In Exeter’s link dioceses of Melanesia and Thika in Kenya, carbon emissions per person are less than ½ tonne each year. In the UK, our … Read more
