This is Loss & Damage - hurricanes, floods and forest fires are destroying homes and livelihoods around the world, particularly in poorest countries. Why has there been so little action on Loss and Damage by countries with the largest carbon footprints, despite promises made at the Paris Agreement 6 years ago? Governments have been in... Continue Reading →
The Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions (FACS) was formed to create opportunities for people to act together effectively from their values, moral, spiritual, and religious beliefs. The faith community’s ability to organize large numbers of people who might not otherwise engage in advocacy makes it a critical asset to advancing climate justice solutions. Many people... Continue Reading →
Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions
Faith leaders have joined together to demand urgent climate action ahead of the UN talks in Glasgow. A NEW DECLARATION FROM REPRESENTATIVES OF RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UK calls for people to be “advocates for justice” ahead of the Glasgow summit. The declaration states: “We remind governments of their commitments made in Paris in 2015... Continue Reading →
The Glasgow Multi-faith Declaration for COP26 (UK)
We're more powerful when we work together. That's why ahead of the UN climate talks in Glasgow in November 2021, Quakers in Britain is teaming up with a group of charities and campaigners under the banner 'Make Polluters Pay' to raise the profile of loss and damage caused by climate breakdown. Quaker work on loss... Continue Reading →
Quakers of Britain – ‘Make Polluters Pay’ campaign
Basically this is a version of the synthesis report on nationally determined contributions synthesizes information from the 164 latest available nationally determined contributions communicated by the 191 Parties to the Paris Agreement and recorded in the interim registry of nationally determined contributions as at 30 July 2021. PDF | cma2021_08_adv_1
PDF: COP26 – Version of the synthesis report…
The recent Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shows that the world has little chance to achieve agreed climate change mitigation targets in our lifetimes given the continued degradation of the environment. The climate action timelines of many nations are not ambitious enough and current global governance approaches remain weak, lack... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 