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News
16 May 2025
On 2 May and again on 8 May, Operation Noah and other organisations joined a delegation from the Protect Verde Island Passage Network led by Bishop Gerry Alminaza, a Roman Catholic Bishop in the Philippines, to call on UK banks – specifically HSBC and Standard Charter – to stop financing the destruction of the ‘Amazon of the Oceans’. 
News, Resource
14 May 2025
On World Farmers Day it’s a good chance to celebrate the vital work so many farmers are doing to provide sustainable food for us, especially where they farm in a way that is climate and nature-friendly.
News
19 April 2025
Earlier this month, the think-tank Ember released a report showing that more than 40% of the world's electricity was generated without burning fossil fuels in 2024. While the finding is worth celebrating, it’s also important to note that electricity generation, though a significant source of emissions, still only constitutes a fraction of the global total. Furthermore, planet-heating carbon dioxide emissions have risen to an all-time high, driven by a rise in global energy demand which is still outpacing the growth in renewable energy.
Article
16 April 2025
Laws on protest have in the last few years been tightened, so that now police can break down a door and arrest people simply meeting to talk about a potentially disruptive protest, even when that disruption might help us wake up to the need to change our suicidal course. This is the reason that 20 police officers broke into the Westminster Quaker Meeting House on 27 March and arrested six young people who had peacefully gathered for a publicly advertised meeting to talk about how to respond to the climate and Gaza crises.
Article, Briefing
15 April 2025
This is the second in a series examining some of the thorny issues related to climate and investing in a green transition. Here we look at the complexities surrounding electric cars, in light of the recent government consultation on the Zero Emission Transition.
Article
14 April 2025
It's a question we've been asking this Lent with the help of Operation Noah’s new course, 'Where Your Treasure Is', writes Campaign Officer David Britton
News, Resource
3 April 2025
On Monday 24 March we relaunched our campaign on Church Land Use for climate and nature benefit. A webinar introduced our Church Land Use vision document and exciting case studies from Church landholders that motivate us about what can be done, even at a small local scale.
Article, News
31 March 2025
March was a busy month for Operation Noah, from our announcement that a dozen bishops from the Church of Norway were publicly opposing the proposed North Sea Rosebank oil field – which is being developed Equinor, a company majority-owned by the Norwegian government – to our Ash Wednesday ‘No Faith in Fossil Fuels’ service and prayer vigil in London (covered here by Ellen Teague of Independent Catholic News).
Action, News
27 March 2025
Nearly every major fossil fuel company is continuing to explore for new oil and gas and is relying on banks to finance their destructive plans. With this in mind, perhaps, you’ve been convinced for some time now that you need to switch banks, yet have lingering concerns about how complex it will be to switch and how long it will take. But I’d like to assure you that it is almost certainly easier than you think!
News, Press Release
21 March 2025
Christian climate charity Operation Noah is calling on UK Churches, which own approximately 1% of UK land, to be more transparent about the land they own as well as to scale up climate action in order to achieve net zero land emissions by 2030. Operation Noah’s Church land use vision, which launches today, includes seven targets – from protecting 30% of land for nature by 2030 to restoring 100% of degraded peatland by 2030. To help Churches achieve net zero land emissions by 2030, Operation Noah is also releasing a trio of resources which include examples of sustainable farming on Church land alongside encouraging Christians to sign a campaign letter to UK Church leaders.
News, Press Release
19 March 2025
The Quakers in Britain have signed our Green Investment Declaration, a global initiative supported by Operation Noah and JustMoney Movement encouraging faith groups to fund a greener future. The Quakers have been awarded an ‘Oak’ designation, in recognition of their commitment to invest more than 5% of their financial assets in climate solutions.
News, Press Release
3 March 2025
As UK Christians prepare to host a ‘No Faith in Fossil Fuels’ service and begin a 24-hour prayer vigil in Whitehall on Ash Wednesday, leaders from Norway’s national church speak out about plans to extract North Sea oil by Equinor which is majority-owned by the Norwegian government.
News
27 February 2025
With European security understandably dominating the headlines, it’s easy to forget, in the midst of debates about Ukraine’s future, how integral energy is to UK and European security. Relying on volatile international fossil fuel markets – especially when many of the largest fossil fuel producing countries, including Russia, are anti-democratic states – is a dangerous game.
News
26 February 2025
We have crucial opportunity to Stop Rosebank for good. If we create enough pressure, and show the UK Government just how unpopular Rosebank is with the public, we could see – not only an end to Rosebank – but an end to all new oil and gas drilling in the UK. 
News
26 February 2025
'Let’s put our money where our faith is' was the closing refrain of last Tuesday’s Catholic Green Investment Roundtable, hosted by Operation Noah in London. It was a fitting rallying cry after a morning of inspiration, practical action and prayer shared by the Catholic financial decision-makers present, who represented a wide range of religious orders, dioceses and NGOs.
News, Resource
7 February 2025
We have an exciting new resource coming soon that we want to let you know about in time for Lent 2025. 'Where Your Treasure Is' is a five-week course from Operation Noah exploring how we can use our money to tackle the climate crisis. Each week includes a reflection and discussion questions, a prayer and suggested actions. The course will address the following questions and topics:
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