One of the most senior Church of Scotland ministers has written to the Scottish Government, urging it to consider carefully the impact plans for a new power station that will, the Kirk claims, undermine the Scottish Government’s plans to reduce Scotland’s carbon footprint. Read more
Approaching the boat landing of the fishing village on Viwa Island off the coast of Suva, Fiji, it is hard to imagine a more idyllic setting than this South Pacific paradise filled with one stunning island view after another.
On the hillside overlooking the village sits a memorial church dedicated to the memory of a Methodist translator, John Hunt, who translated the Bible from Greek into Fijian more than 150 years ago and who still is revered by the villagers. Read more
The Government Committee on Climate Change www.theccc.org.uk published on 19th July a 32 page document entitled ‘Building a low carbon economy – the UK’s innovation challenge.’ Read more
The Methodist Church signed up to a series of carbon reduction commitments at its annual Conference.
The Conference, meeting in Portsmouth’s Guildhall, confirmed a pledge to reduce Church’s carbon emissions by 80 per cent by 2050 in line with Government targets after adopting resolutions set out in a carbon reduction report. Read more
A Transition Initiative (which could be a town, village, university or island etc) is a community-led response to the pressures of climate change, fossil fuel depletion and increasingly, economic contraction. Read more
A new report says Britain could cut greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2030, creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs and regaining energy security at the heart of a radically revamped economy.
The Zerocarbonbritain2030 report, published by the Centre for Alternative Technology on Wednesday 16 June 2010, includes input from thirteen universities, twelve research bodies (including NEF, the New Economics Foundation), and eight key industry players. It highlights a path for a zero carbon transition by 2030. Read more
Europe is behaving in a dangerously two-faced way when it comes to protecting the world’s climate, Christian Aid warned as the UN climate talks in Bonn draw to a close. Read more
Cutting EU emissions deeply enough to help prevent dangerous climate change would be significantly cheaper than expected and would also have important benefits for Europe’s economy, the European Commission declared. Read more
An initiative from the Church of Sweden The Climate Account website calculates your carbon footprint through a lifestyle questionnaire. It then invites you to learn about the connection between your carbon footprint and developing countries, and to make a donation for climate justice. You can try it for yourself in English and Swedish at www.svenskakyrkan.klimatkontot.se
Read a detailed analysis of where we stand after the Copenhagen climate change conference by John Ray Initiative President, Sir John Houghton. Read more
