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At the start of 2023, 40 dioceses across England and Wales had yet to make a commitment to divest from fossil fuels. This Lent, Operation Noah, through our websites and social media channels, will highlight one of these dioceses on each of the 40 days of Lent and will encourage Christians to call on Church leaders to make changes.
The two biggest things that happened environmentally at this summer’s Lambeth Conference – the once-a-decade gathering of Anglican bishops – were the announcement of a global project to protect forests, reforest land and restore nature, and the introduction of a document on the environment. Operation Noah recently spoke to Revd Dr Rachel Mash, secretary of the Anglican Communion Environmental Network, about the environmental significance of Lambeth.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently published its 6th Assessment Working Group III report (‘Mitigation of Climate Change’). In this blog, Bright Now Campaign Officer Sharon Hall explores key findings of the report and what it means for our work on fossil fuels, investment in climate solutions and nature-based solutions.
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Date posted: 27 March 2023
On Friday 21 April, Operation Noah along with other Christian charities – including Tearfund, Christian Aid, YCCN and CAFOD – will hold a No Faith In Fossil Fuels Service and Pilgrimage outside St John’s Church, Waterloo. We’ll gather from 11am to pray and sing; after the service 12pm, we will walk to Parliament and join The Big One protest, which will be family-friendly and is aiming to attract 100,000 people.
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Date posted: 21 February 2023
Between the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, 40 dioceses had yet to make a formal divestment commitment at the beginning of 2023, though in January 2023, the Diocese of London announced it would divest; on 16 February, Lichfield Diocese announced its divestment; and on 20 February, the Diocese of Rochester divested.
Lent is a season of penance, prayer and repentance – so what better time to use our newly-revised study guide, ‘Tenants of the King’, to reflect on what God might be saying to us through the climate crisis today?
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Date posted: 31 January 2023
On 7 February at 7pm, members of Young Christian Climate Network (YCCN) will gather outside the Norwegian embassy in London, praying for Norway to think again about its endorsement of more oil and gas developments in the midst of a climate crisis.
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Date posted: 27 September 2022
Even with the announcement of recent government support for energy bills, it’s estimated that 7 million households – that’s over 16 million people, including pensioners, disabled people and parents across the UK – will still be in fuel poverty this winter. People are already facing impossible choices – and many more will too unless more action is taken.
At its 2022 Conference in June, the Methodist Church of Great Britain unanimously endorsed the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, becoming the largest denomination in the UK to join the movement calling for an end to all new oil and gas exploration around the world and for a fair, just transition the supports workers and communities in the transition to renewable energy.
