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The Clean Growth Strategy – progress, but falling far short of climate justice

Updated 20 October 2017

Last week, the government published its long-awaited Clean Growth Strategy. It's the government's attempt to answer the question of how the UK will fulfil its commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions under international climate agreements and UK climate law.

The Clean Growth Strategy

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Thousands of Quakers are divesting from fossil fuels

Updated 25 January 2018

Quakers that attend local meetings are also members of regional collectives known as area meetings. Area meetings in Britain collectively manage millions of pounds of investments, and almost half of them now have zero investment in fossil fuels. More than 30 per cent have actively chosen to divest huge sums from the fossil fuel industry.

Thousands of British Quakers are divesting from fossil fuels

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Buddhists, Quakers and Catholics unite in resistance against fracking

Created 8 May 2018

As an intern at Quakers in Britain, I get to work alongside many different colleagues, including those who support Quakers who take action to keep fossil fuels in the ground. Quakers oppose hydraulic fracturing of shale gas – known as 'fracking' – as part of our testimony to sustainability. We advocate for investment in renewable energy sources as an alternative.

Buddhists, Quakers and Catholics unite in resistance against fracking

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What does climate breakdown have to do with our work on migration?

Updated 16 May 2019

Much of our current political discourse engages with climate change and migration each in isolation. This deflects the necessary conversations around power, distribution of resources and justice. It also divides our efforts around creating a peaceful and just world.

What does climate breakdown have to do with our work on migration?

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Hearing the call of the climate crisis

Updated 18 February 2020

It's been a momentous spring for the climate movement in the UK. Schoolchildren have led climate strikes from school. Extinction Rebellion occupied four major London streets for a week to amplify their demand that the government cut emissions to zero by 2025.

Hearing the call of the climate crisis

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Learning and leading: Quaker climate action in 2020

Updated 12 July 2021

In my first few weeks as Activism Support Coordinator at Quakers in Britain, I've been amazed at the extent, variety and creativity of Quaker action on climate change.

Learning and leading: Quaker climate action in 2020

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It’s time for schools to teach the climate and ecological crisis

Updated 26 February 2020

Strange but true: today's UK school system prepares pupils for a future that simply does not exist. This extraordinary failing has led young people to self-organise and demand school-based education that acknowledges and responds to the defining challenge of their lives: the climate crisis.

It’s time for schools to teach the climate and ecological crisis

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What is climate justice?

Updated 29 November 2023

First written about over two decades ago and enshrined in the Bali principles of climate justice (PDF) in 2002, the term climate justice is increasingly used when we talk about climate change and the environment. But what does it mean?

What is climate justice?

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It's time to Build Back Better for a safe and just future

Updated 11 June 2020

Even as the Covid-19 lockdown rules are loosened, I am hearing many people say they believe things will never get 'back to normal'. Of course, we all crave a 'normal' where we can see our friends and family, and where key workers can do their jobs without fearing for their lives. But 'normal' was a state of affairs that was failing millions of people.

Build Back Better for a safe and just future

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6 principles for a green and just recovery

Updated 16 September 2020

MPs and Peers returned to Parliament last week with a busy autumn ahead of them. Key milestones will include the Budget, expected in October or November amid a major recession, and the end of the transition period, probably with no agreement in place.

6 principles for a green and just recovery