US climate envoy meets pope and speaks at Vatican conference

John Kerry, US President Joe Biden’s special envoy for climate, met privately with Pope Francis on 15th May, the day after giving a keynote address at a closed-door meeting of the Pontifical Academy for Sciences and the Pontifical Academy for Social Sciences. Because Kerry is not a head of state, the Vatican issued no statement about the meeting, although Vatican Media released photos... Read More

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April 12, 2021

Catholics call for stronger leadership on climate crisis

Catholics For Christian Climate Action are holding prayer protests outside Westminster and Cardiff cathedrals asking for stronger leadership on the climate crisis from the Catholic bishops of England and Wales. Catholics For Christian Climate Action have invited bishops and others to join them in public witness outside Westminster Cathedral today (Monday 12th April) between 12noon... Read More

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April 11, 2021

Lord calls on Church to get behind pope’s message on climate

The Chair of UK’s Committee on Climate Change has urged Catholics to pressure the Church leadership to follow in Pope Francis’ footsteps and put climate change and environmental issues at the heart of everything they preach. Lord Deben’s call came as he warned that society has “been careless with God’s creation” and everyone has a... Read More

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January 16, 2021

HSBC in dock over climate change policy

The Jesuits in Britain are one of 15 institutional investors with a combined US$2.4 trillion in assets under management that have filed a climate change resolution at HSBC, alongside 117 individual shareholders. The resolution, co-ordinated by responsible investment NGO ShareAction, calls on HSBC to publish a strategy and targets to reduce its exposure to fossil... Read More

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December 15, 2020

Pope says Vatican City will aim for net-zero carbon emissions

Pope Francis pledged Vatican City State would achieve net-zero carbon emissions before the year 2050, and he urged everyone in the world to be part of a new culture of care for others and the planet. “The time has come for a change in direction. Let us not rob the new generations of their hope in... Read More

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December 1, 2020

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

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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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September 13, 2020

All must play role in saving Earth from ‘irreparable damage’, Catholics told

We all have a role to play in saving the Earth from “irreparable damage”, the Bishop for the Environment has said. Bishop John Arnold, the Lead Bishop for Environmental Issues at the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales (CBCEW), noted that “there is no doubt” that society is becoming much more aware of the... Read More

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September 3, 2020

Extinction Rebellion protesters say they are ‘impossible’ for Johnson to ignore

Climate change protesters said they are “impossible for Boris Johnson to ignore” as they carried out a second day of action in central London. Hundreds of Extinction Rebellion (XR) supporters gathered in and around Parliament Square as Mr Johnson headed into the House of Commons for Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday. Activists carried banners, banged... Read More

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July 20, 2020

Warning of empty climate commitments amid fears water supply could run out

Empty climate commitments will get us nowhere, a Catholic MP has said amid warnings that parts of England could run out of water within 20 years. In a damning report, the Commons Public Accounts Committee said there has been ‘no progress’ in reducing leakage over the past two decades, ‘very little’ has been achieved in... Read More

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