Elderly Swiss women bring European court’s first climate case
Strasbourg, France Reuters Thousands of elderly Swiss women have joined forces in a groundbreaking case heard on Wednesday at the European Court of Human Rights, arguing that their government’s “woefully inadequate” efforts to fight global warming violate their human rights. The first climate change case at the Strasbourg court has been brought by a group […]
Climate justice gets harder as world population passes eight billion
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt Reuters The world population surged past eight billion people on Tuesday, the United Nations said, warning that more hardship is in store for regions already facing resource scarcity due to climate change. Whether its food or water, batteries or gasoline, there will be less to go around as the global population adds […]
Young pilgrims among thousands calling for climate justice at COP26
Last updated: 9am (AEDT), 13th November, 2021Glasgow, UK More than 2,000 young people have taken part in a pilgrimage across the UK in an initiative aimed at exerting pressure on politicians to respond to the climate crisis. The ‘Relay to COP26‘ pilgrimage, which started in Cornwell as the G7 met there last June and ended […]
Demands grow for “global justice” on climate damage at UN talks
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation Droughts, floods and storms are nothing new to poor communities in Mozambique – but in recent years, the weather has become so extreme that neither the people nor the state can cope, said an international charity head in the south-east African nation. After two powerful cyclones battered swathes of the country […]
In the US, UCC General Synod endorses Green New Deal
RNS The United Church of Christ has signed on for the Green New Deal. It may be the first Christian body to endorse the environmental protection legislation sponsored in the US House of Representatives by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from New York. Climate change activists holding signs join in on a rally supporting the “Green New […]
Unhappy with Copenhagen accord, churches urge ongoing action
Ecumenical News International Faith groups have expressed disappointment and anger over the outcome of the United Nations talks on climate change that have ended in Copenhagen, pledging to continue to press for climate justice. “With a lack of transparency, the agreement reached this past week by some countries was negotiated without consensus but rather in […]