Pages about: Climate change

Submission to Draft Climate Change Bill Consultation - June 2007

Updated: 20 January 2012

A response by the Baptist Union of Great Britain, the Methodist Church, the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and the United Reformed Church

Background to our organisations

We welcome the draft Climate Change Bill and are grateful for an opportunity to comment on the proposed legislation.

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Climate change, public issues submission

Quakers at The Wave (video)

Updated: 23 September 2011

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Climate change, Copenhagen summit, Sustainability

News release: Low carbon future for Quakers

Updated: 17 August 2011

News release
05 August 2011

Low carbon future for Quakers

Quakers in Britain have today committed their whole movement to becoming a low-carbon, sustainable community. They have always tried to lead simple lives but this decision goes further. It means every Quaker in Britain will be urged and supported to reduce their carbon footprint.

A plan is being drawn up to turn this commitment into action and members have agreed to support each other and hold each other to account to achieve it.

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Climate change, Low carbon, Sustainability

Where will the Copenhagen summit take us?

Updated: 29 June 2010

Hundreds and thousands of people will descend on the city of Copenhagen in early December this year to participate in the United Nations climate change summit. Alison Prout looks at what the summit might lead to, and how Quakers can play our part in responding to climate change.

Plenty of grand statements will be thrown around before and during the summit – the proverbial ‘last chance saloon’. A host of negotiators, faith groups, politicians, experts, campaigners and the media will all be helping to make it a global event.

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Climate change, Copenhagen summit

A Zero Growth Economy - The Dilemma of Growth

Updated: 27 May 2010

Briefing Paper Number 1

Introduction

While many Friends and others recognise the need to reduce the environmental impact of their lives, an increasing number of commentators are arguing that all the actions taken by individuals in terms of recycling, reducing energy consumption etc will be useless unless we fundamentally reshape the global economy. The big question is can we, and what must/could/should we do to assist this – what do we want in its place?

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Climate change, Economics

Investing in climate change?

Updated: 11 May 2010

At their 2010 Annual General Meetings (AGMs) in April and May, oil companies BP and Shell will face special resolutions at which shareholders will challenge their controversial Alberta tar sands projects. Suzanne Ismail explains why Britain Yearly Meeting will be supporting the BP resolution and how you can get involved.

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Better World Economics, Climate change

New programme explores links between sustainability, climate change and peace

Updated: 11 May 2010

Sunniva Taylor joined QPSW as Programme Manager of the Sustainability and Peace Programme in February 2010 and is responsible for developing plans for work over a three-year period. Here she reflects on how Friends might link sustainability and peace.