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Polynesian Archbishop on rising sea levels: "We'll go first but you will follow"

On the eve of the Paris climate change talks, Archbishop Dr Winston Halapua – the Tongan-born, Fijian-based Bishop of Polynesia – has pleaded for the negotiators to act, not just on behalf of the peoples of the Pacific but on behalf of all generations to come.

27 November 2015

Climate change victims need help to adapt or move on Archbishop Makgoba says

People suffering from the catastrophic effects of climate change need help to adapt or – where the effects are so significant that adaption is not a possibility – they need help to move on, the Archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Makgoba said.

27 November 2015

New Zealand bishops praying for Paris summit

Love for our neighbour: God’s people and God’s planet - A statement by the House of Bishops representing Te Pihopatanga o Aotearoa, the Dioceses in New Zealand, and the Diocese of Polynesia, in anticipation of the COP 21 Climate negotiations in Paris, December 2015.

27 November 2015

Week to go before UN climate talks start

The United Nations climate change conference – Cop21 – begins next week in Paris, and there will be a large Anglican and ecumenical presence at the two-week event to lobby for a fair deal for the world’s poorest people – those most affected by catastrophic changes in the world’s climate.

23 November 2015

Climate-justice pilgrims begin 200-mile journey from London to Paris

Around 50 pilgrims have set off from central London this morning at the start of a 200-mile journey to Paris where they will call on world leaders from 190 nations at the UN Climate Change Conference – COP21 – to agree “a fair, ambitious and binding” agreement on tackling climate change.

13 November 2015

Kenya Primate underlines ecumenical call for climate change action

Kenyian Council of Churches launches climate change campaign ahead of Paris conference

26 August 2015

Anglican bishops call for climate justice action in new video series

New environmental network resource for Anglican advocacy in run-up to UN climate summit in Paris

19 August 2015