Operation Noah News

Hope for Creation is a global day of prayer and action on Climate Sunday, 6th November, organised in response to the desperate need for urgent action to tackle climate change. Christians from countries across the world will be getting down on their knees to pray and speak out for action to protect creation and our global neighbours who depend on it.

August 2011

A huge protest is currently taking place in the US against a pipeline from the Alberta tar sands, described by activist Bill McKibben as "the largest civil disobedience movement in the history of the climate movement."

Last month Ann Pettifor gave a ‘Green Talk‘ in Bristol, organised by Climate Works. The five minute talk ourlines how we can afford to finance the Green Transition – watch here: 

28th June 2011

The following has been published by the National Catholic Reporter and was written by John Dear SJ. To read more please visit http://ncronline.org/.

One of the most astonishing, creative and powerful acts of nonviolent civil disobedience in recent U.S. history took place on Dec. 17, 2008, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
 

The International Policy Network, once the most persuasive and active think tanks campaigning against climate change science, has disbanded in the UK after what appears to be a spilt between its leading members, reports the Independent.

Read article: Climate change sceptic think tank shuts down
 

4th June 2011

The average price of staple foods will more than double in the next 20 years, Oxfam has warned. A devastating combination of factors, including climate change and depleting natural resources, have created the conditions for an increase in deep poverty.

Guardian article: Food prices to double by 2030, Oxfam warns
 

23rd May 2011

22nd May 2011

The Most Revd Dr Thabo C Makgoba has written to his faithful that climatic change must be regarded as a mortal imperative for all and hopes that others at World Economic Forum in Africa will take heed of his call.

22nd May 2011

In a recent article (5th May 2011), The Case for Young People and Nature: A Path to a Healthy, Natural, Prosperous Future, climate scientist Dr James E Hanson looks as the science basis describing what is required for governments to fulfill their obligations to young people and future generations.

22nd May 2011

Former Operation Noah campaigner Mark Dowd writes in the Columban Fathers Magazine 'Vocation for Justice' (May 2011) on 'virtue ethics' and why climate change is an ethical and moral matter  for people of religious faith. (Download article as jpeg.)

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Challenges of Climate Change