All Climate Change articles
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OpinionI’m a Christian and I’ll be voting for the Green party
The Green Party is not expected to win in the Edinburgh constituency where Alison Proud lives. But as a member of Christian Climate Action, Alison says voting for the environment still counts, and is motivated by her Christian faith
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ReviewsThe Hopeful Activist - Rich Gower and Rachel Walker
We live in a broken world and many of us want to try and fix it. This book by Tearfund’s Rich Gower and communications specialist Rachel Walker is a guide for those on a journey of activism – even if you’re right at the beginning. The book ...
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Magazine FeaturesShould Christians care about climate change?
Climate scientists are warning that rises in global temperatures will have catastrophic consequences for the planet. In a recent survey, 90 per cent of Premier Christianity readers agreed climate change should be a concern for the Church, but were divided over how pressing an issue it should be. So should we prioritise the environment or evangelism? Three Christians share their views
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OpinionHow the religious right became climate sceptics
Evangelicals in the USA didn’t get their environmental scepticism from the Bible. It’s come from elsewhere, explains Neall Pogue
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OpinionWe interrupted a church service to protest climate change. Here’s why
Christian Climate Action’s protest during a live radio broadcast from Chichester Cathedral has sparked some criticism. Holly Anna Petersen says that far from being unchristian, standing up for the poor is more important than anything
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OpinionDisrupting a church service in the name of climate change isn’t Christian
Christian Climate Action has interrupted a service at Chichester Cathedral in order to protest about climate change. But whatever your views on the environment, the worship of God is sacrosanct. It should not be disrupted - especially by those who claim to follow Jesus - argues Gavin Ashenden
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OpinionRolling back on green pledges is unchristian and unfair
The government’s U-turn on environmental policies will negatively impact the poorest in our society, both here and abroad, says Holly-Anna Petersen. It is not what God would have us do
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OpinionWhat Christians can learn from Just Stop Oil
Is climate activism the new religion? Amid the party politics surrounding green policies - from the Uxbridge by-election to new oil and gas drilling licences in Scotland - George Pitcher argues there is much the Church could learn about loving our enemies from those on the frontlines of campaigning for change
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Magazine FeaturesWho is my neighbour? 6 places where climate change is wreaking havoc
If we are truly part of a global family of faith, we should be anguished that our brothers and sisters around the world are suffering the impacts of climate breakdown, says Holly Anna Petersen. She shares some of their stories
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Real Life‘I shaved my head during a church service’
Judith Russenberger recently shaved her head as an act of repentance during a church service in Southwark Cathedral. Here she explains why
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OpinionChristians, climate change is not an environmental campaign – it’s a racial justice issue
Instead of taking responsibility for clearing up our climate mess, Britons are pushing that burden onto Black and Brown people in the poorest communities around the world, says Holly-Anna Petersen
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OpinionPersecution of Christians in Nigeria is driven by Islamism, not climate change
The UK government has attributed the massacre of Christians to politics, banditry, farming disputes and even climate change.
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Opinion‘A day of reckoning is coming’ – This is why Christians must take radical climate action now
Holly-Anna Petersen, a member of Christian Climate Action, says this week’s record heatwaves and wildfires underline why disruptive climate protests are more than justified
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OpinionI disrupted a church service. Here’s why Christians like me are taking radical action against climate change
Despite the Archbishop of Canterbury declaring that climate change is the greatest challenge we face, the Church of England still invests millions in fossil fuels. Valerie King from Christian Climate Action is calling on the CofE to divest by October 2022 – and she’s disrupting church services to make her point
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OpinionOur bad stewardship of the earth was threatening food supply long before the war in Ukraine
It isn’t just the war in Ukraine that is threatening our food supply and pushing up prices. God has given us a mandate to steward the earth well and it’s more important than ever that we look after it, says Tim Farron MP
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OpinionWhy the climate threat is bigger than Brexit, Covid and even war in Europe
Climate change still poses the biggest threat to humanity, says Tim Farron MP.
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ReviewsDon’t Look Up has divided audiences. Here’s a uniquely Christian way of watching it
The Netflix hit is a biting satire about climate change and the end of the world. But for Christians, there's even more to the story, says our reviewer
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OpinionStanding up for creation is a sacred sacrifice. My Christian friends came close to prison this week
Those in power want to clamp down on our right to peaceful protest. If it happens, it will seriously undermine our democratic freedoms
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OpinionCan fashion be sustainable, ethical and affordable? Oh yes, say these Christian entrepreneurs
Meet the Christians who are determined to prove that affordable fashion doesn’t have to cost the earth
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OpinionFranklin Graham is speculating in his end times tweet to Boris Johnson. No one knows when Jesus will return
Caution is needed. Christians have got their end times theology badly wrong in the past, says evangelical historian Martyn Whittock
