Unprecedented climate case clears major hurdle

A group of Portuguese children and young adults have cleared a major hurdle in a climate litigation case they brought against 33 European countries, including the UK and Ireland. The youth-applicants, aged between eight and 21, claim that government inaction on climate issues is jeopardising their futures. Their complaint, which was filed with the support of... Read More

News – UK and Ireland

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November 24, 2020

Cutting the UK Aid commitment is ‘unjust’ at a time when it is ‘never needed more’

The Government’s announcement on plans to slash the UK Aid budget is ‘unjust’ at a time when it is ‘never needed more’. So says Peter Waddup, National Director of The Leprosy Mission, who was one of 187 charity chief executives to sign an open letter to Boris Johnson. The letter urged the Prime Minister to reconsider cutting the... Read More

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Boris Johnson, charities, climate change, Covid-19 pandemic, Department for International Development, extreme poverty, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, The Leprosy Mission, UK Aid budget, UK Government, UK Prime Minister, World Health Organisation

November 22, 2020

EU Catholic leaders urge tougher policies to protect Arctic

Two European Catholic commissions warned that Arctic warming is intensifying competition over the region’s resources and urged tougher policies to protect its biodiversity and Indigenous communities. As exploration, mining, investment and military activities increase, predatory practices also can increase, said the Brussels-based Commission of Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union, or COMECE, and Justice and... Read More

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November 16, 2020

Faith institutions launch new wave of fossil fuel divestment

Today, 47 faith institutions from 21 countries, including nine institutions from the UK, announce their divestment from fossil fuels as a practical response to the climate emergency. Participating institutions include five Catholic religious orders in the UK, the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union, two United Reformed Church Synods, local Anglican and... Read More

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November 8, 2020

Bishop joins UK faith leaders in calling on PM to deliver world-leading climate plan

Bishop John Arnold, Environment Lead for the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, has joined over 60 UK faith leaders in writing to the Prime Minister to call on the government to deliver new, ambitious plans to tackle climate change. The UK has the presidency for the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference that will... Read More

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October 21, 2020

Pope, Red Cross president discuss pandemic, war relief efforts

The Catholic Church and the International Red Cross share the common goal of helping the poor and those displaced due to the pandemic and various conflicts around the world, said Peter Maurer, the president of the humanitarian organisation. After meeting with the pope on Monday, Maurer described it as “a very positive experience” in which... Read More

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climate change, humanitarian organisation, International Red Cross, migrants, Peter Maurer, Pope Francis, Poverty, the Catholic Church, Unemployment, war and violence

October 20, 2020

Catholic MP challenged on his disregard of pope’s plea for urgent action on climate

On the morning of Saturday 17th October, North East Somerset MP Jacob Rees-Mogg was met by Christian and local resident, Rich Prior who is a member Christian Climate Action, the name for the Christians of Extinction Rebellion. Mr Prior was supported by Keynsham Extinction Rebellion. The group carried a coffin enclosing a model of the... Read More

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October 16, 2020

When looking to future, include most vulnerable, Catholics tell G-20 forum

Covid-19 provides an opportunity for people to prepare the future, and religious leaders have an opportunity to make sure that preparation includes the world’s most vulnerable, said Catholic participants in the annual G-20 Interfaith Forum. Leaders and representatives of major religions and global policy institutions are currently participating in a four day meeting streamed from... Read More

News – World

September 26, 2020

China’s aim to go carbon neutral would curb global warming, say experts

China’s goal to achieve carbon neutrality could curb future global warming by as much as 0.3C, according to experts who track the impact of climate action by countries. The world’s biggest polluter announced an aim to become carbon neutral, or cut its carbon emissions to zero overall, before 2060, in a statement by President Xi... Read More

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September 13, 2020

If the Earth is sick, we’re sick, warns bishop

‘We cannot be healthy if the planet is not healthy,’ the Bishop of Clogher has warned, while urging people to examine their lifestyles and judge their current practices. In a two-part pastoral letter to mark the Season of Creation, Bishop Larry Duffy reminds people of the words of Pope Francis in his landmark encyclical letter... Read More

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Unprecedented climate case clears major hurdle

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Faith institutions launch new wave of fossil fuel divestment

Bishop joins UK faith leaders in calling on PM to deliver world-leading climate plan

Pope, Red Cross president discuss pandemic, war relief efforts

Catholic MP challenged on his disregard of pope’s plea for urgent action on climate

When looking to future, include most vulnerable, Catholics tell G-20 forum

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