Today’s decision to allow fracking in Lancashire has been criticised by Rev. Sally Foster-Fulton, Convener of the Church of Scotland’s Church and Society Council. The Church of Scotland is concerned that any expansion of the use of natural gas will prolong the UK’s dependence on fossil fuels and will make it all the more difficult to meet the carbon targets [...]

LWF Delegation: Committed to Fight to Save ‘Our Future’ DOHA, Qatar/GENEVA, 11 December 2012 (LWI) – Two weeks of negotiations at the latest global climate summit in Doha, Qatar failed to produce valuable outcomes for the poor and vulnerable communities that are likely to be most affected by climate change, delegates representing The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) say.

LWF Youth Urge Concrete Action at Doha Climate Summit DOHA, Qatar/GENEVA, 28 November 2012 (LWI) —As the latest United Nations climate change negotiations begin in Doha, Lutheran youth from across the globe have converged on the Qatari capital to raise their voices for concrete action, and to bring tangible lessons home to their churches and communities.

United Nations climate change talks that get underway in Doha, Qatar, today must finally take the concrete steps needed to move towards a comprehensive agreement to address one of the world’s most pressing and immediate challenges, says ACT Alliance.

World Council of Churches (WCC) participants in the Rio+20 Conference have joined a broad religious coalition in rejecting the official outcome document of the United Nations-sponsored event. “Renowned environmental scientists are saying that practically nothing happened between 1992 and 2012 in terms of public policy and global commitment,” observed Professor Leonard Boff, best-selling Brazilian author and co-founder of Latin American [...]

Three major British Churches have voiced their disappointment that the Rio+20 Earth Summit has not made progress on the environmental challenges that face the global community. The Methodist Church, United Reformed Church and Baptist Union of Great Britain say that world leaders have largely repeated previous climate pledges, rather than pressing forward. They stress that the pledges in the summit [...]

Lack of progress at the Rio+20 conference towards a sustainable future for humankind was redeemed in small part by agreement that new goals must be set towards that end, says Christian Aid. With the lack of vision coming from the conference, the UK commitment to help lead international work on the new Sustainable Development Goals which will determine the direction [...]

Governments have failed to take the bold steps necessary to safeguard the health of the planet and promote achievable and sustainable solutions to eradicate chronic hunger, concludes the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA) as the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) ends today. Whilst the final conference outcome document, “Our Common Vision”, acknowledges and reaffirms the right of everyone to [...]

“We have higher goals!” – Statement from The Church of Norway Bishops` Conference gathered at Svalbard, Norway, June 15th 2012. The Church of Norway Bishops` Conference has visited Svalbard and experienced both the greatness and the vulnerability of nature. The Arctic is a barometer for the world`s climate. The dramatic climate changes are evident. During this journey the broad academic [...]

Developing countries should pursue low carbon strategies with support from the global North, in order to avoid the “catastrophic consequences” of climate change, argues a new report launched today by ACT Alliance in Rio de Janeiro. Titled “Facing the future: low carbon strategies – opportunities and challenges for developing countries,” the report points out that while industrialised nations should lead [...]