HM Governor's Office
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Faith
With their local and global reach, faith groups are well placed to raise awareness of climate change, galvanising behaviour change amongst individuals and communities and mobilising support on climate issues both domestically and internationally.
The Judaism, Christianity, Islam religions and their denominations have shown their commitment to taking action on the environment. For example, The Church of England runs a Shrinking the Footprint programme, which aims to identify and reduce the Church’s carbon footprint by 20% of current levels by 2050. Read Minister Joan Ruddock speech at their event which also garnered interest from other denominations and faiths.
In conjunction with Tearfund, Church of England also runs Carbon Fast, which encourages members of churches and their families to give up carbon for Lent by presenting a guide of simple actions they can take to reduce carbon from their lifestyle. Ed Miliband helped launch the 2009 Carbon Fast alongside the Bishops of London and Liverpool in April 2009.
Recent and upcoming events:
11 July, Operation Noah
28 August, Greenbelt Festival
10 September, Faith & Climate Science event at Science Museum
29 October, High Level Roundtable with Faith Leaders. Lambeth Palace
Letter to world leaders
182 Christian leaders from 52 countries have issued a statement calling on world leaders from all countries to take decisive action to secure an ambitious and fair climate deal in Copenhagen this year.
Faith leaders at G8
In a joint letter to the G8 at their July Summit in L'Aquila, the Catholic Bishops' conferences called for concerted action to assist developing countries.
Rowan Williams urges government pressure for a Copenhagen deal
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams says people needed to exert pressure on governments to take action on global warning. 'There are questions only government can answer about the investment of national resources'
Faith and climate change
Faith leaders issued a joint statement on the 'moral imperative' to tackle climate change and to encourage action for Copenhagen.
Joint statement by Faith Leaders
Statement by Faith Leaders and participants in the Faith and Climate Change Seminar hosted by the Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth Palace, 29 October 2009.
Prince Philip hosts world faith leaders in Windsor
Prince Philip hosts event with the world's religious leaders and UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. Held at Windsor Castle, 'Many Heavens, One Earth', has been billed as a celebration of faiths and environment.
Launch of Jewish Social Action Forum
Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, launched the Jewish Social Action Forum's climate change campaign in front of an audience of 300 people At the Tricycle Cinema in Kilburn last night (November 11).