Climate change and the purposes of God: a call to the Church

How do Christians respond to global warming? Is climate change a theological issue? Operation Noah's Ash Wednesday Declaration raises questions that go to the heart of our Christian faith.
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Climate change for all people of faith

Learning from science - through the eye of the sacred - to walk more lightly on the Earth
 

Theology resources

Listen to the Prophets!

Among our modern-day prophets are James Hansen of NASA, who states: 'The blame, if we fail to stand up and demand a change of course, will fall on us, the current generation of adults. Our parents honestly did not know that their actions could harm future generations. We, the current generation, can only pretend that we did not know.' This article outlines some of the many clear introductions to the science of human-induced climate change.

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Climate talks

Durban climate talks: the verdict

Reactions to the UN climate talks at Durban have been varied. Some have focused on the political victory - achieving an agreement that included the US, China and India. Others describe it as a failure because any deal made will not come into force until 20120,  and will not be enough to prevent a 2C temperature rise.

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Comment

This is not alarmism. It is happening now.

The Church Times (21 October 2011) recently published an article by Dr Peter Forster, the Bishop of Chester and a trustee of the Global Warming Policy Foundation, aimed at discrediting what he describes as 'global warming alarmism'. The Rt. Revd. David Atkinson wrote to Church Times in response to the article on behalf of Operation Noah. We reproduce his letter below.

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Ash Wednesday Declaration

Why climate change is a confessional question

The threat of runaway climate change is the most significant moral question facing us today, argues David Atkinson in an article for Church Times. It reaches to the heart of the faith: our relationship to God’s earth and to each other.

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About Us

History of Operation Noah

Operation Noah was founded in 2001 by Christian Ecology Link (CEL) and later became a joint project of CEL and the Environmental Issues Network of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland. Operation Noah was the first Christian campaign to focus exclusively on the urgent need to address climate change.

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Past Events

Operation Noah Annual Lecture 2011: Report

Climate change is a confessional issue for the churches

Professor Tim Gorringe gave the Operation Noah annual lecture on Monday 15th November 2011 at at St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside, and asked 'Is climate change, and its connection with the global economy, a matter for church confession?'

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Events

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