Category - carbon emissions

Churches call for crackdown on carbon emissions

agency reporter — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:32:52 +0000

The Baptist Union of Great Britain, the Methodist Church and the United Reformed Church have urged the Government to reduce Britain’s carbon emissions following Lord Turner’s report published today.

Government told carbon emission cuts vital for the global poor

staff writers — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 02:23:55 +0000

British MPs have been warned by Christian Aid, at a special briefing at the House of Commons, that unless the UK government commits to reducing emissions by 80% by 2050 millions of people in the developing world will suffer.

UK global warming impact greatly underestimated, says new report

staff writers — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The UK's real impact on global warming has been massively underestimated, according to new research revealing that millions of tonnes of greenhouse gases produced by some of the UK's top companies are not being declared.

Operation Noah appoints front rank campaigner to push climate change action

staff writers — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Operation Noah, the churches' campaign to avert catastrophic climate change, has appointed Ann Pettifor, one of the architects of the widely-praised Jubilee 2000 anti-debt initiative, as its new Campaign Director.