Posts tagged 'press release'

PRESS RELEASE: Operation Noah welcomes Church of England decision to set 2030 net zero target

Posted in: News
Date posted: 13 February 2020

Field with sunset in background, overlay text reads: "Operation Noah welcomes Church of England decision to set 2030 net zero target"

12 February 2020

Operation Noah joyfully welcomes the outcome of the Church of England General Synod debate on the climate emergency and carbon reduction target.

General Synod members voted by 144 votes to 129 to support an amendment from Revd Canon Prof. Martin Gainsborough, Chaplain to the Bishop of Bristol, to set a net zero emissions target of 2030.

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Meet Sālote, a seven-year-old witness from the frontlines of climate change

Posted in: News
Date posted: 15 August 2018

Operation Noah has launched a thought-provoking animated film, Sālote, to help Christians around the world recognise the human cost of climate change, and its particular impact on women and children.

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Church of England General Synod votes for fossil fuel divestment

Posted in: News
Date posted: 8 July 2018

The Church of England’s governing body, General Synod, has voted almost unanimously to divest by 2023 from oil and gas companies not on track to meet the Paris Agreement target of limiting global average temperature rise to well below 2°C.

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Churches urged to divest from fossil fuels and accelerate the clean energy transition

Posted in: News
Date posted: 11 June 2018

As the Church of England prepares to vote on fossil fuel divestment, a new report from Operation Noah looks at the role of the Churches in the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy.

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Helping conservative Christians rethink climate change: a new study guide to link faith and environmental action

Posted in: Featured, News
Date posted: 29 May 2018

Front cover of the study guide, with photo of a small church in the mountains.

Operation Noah has launched a new, Christ-centred study guide to help conservative Christians to make the connection between caring for creation and faith.

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Pressure mounts on Church of England to divest from Exxon

Posted in: News
Date posted: 21 September 2017

People praying outside Church House.

Operation Noah is calling on the Church of England to disinvest from US oil giant ExxonMobil, on the basis of new evidence that the company intentionally misled the public on climate change.

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