Climate Sunday: giving a voice to local churches

Marking World Environment Day, an initiative has been launched to provide focus for churches from across Britain and Ireland committed to action to combat climate change. Climate Sunday has been organised by Churches Together in Britain and Ireland with support from charities including CAFOD, Christian Aid, Tearfund, A Rocha UK, and Operation Noah.

Local churches are encouraged to hold a local Climate Sunday any time during a one-year period starting on 6th September (the first Sunday in the annual season of Creationtide). They will provide free resources to suit every tradition and style of worship. During their local Climate Sunday, they invite each church to do one or more of three things:

1.     Climate service: Hold a climate-focused service, to explore the theological and scientific basis of creation care and action on climate, to pray, and to commit to action.
2.     Commit: Make a commitment as a local church community to taking long term action to reduce its own greenhouse gas emissions.
3.     Call: Join with other churches and wider society by adding its name to a common call for the UK government to take much bolder action on climate change in this country in advance of COP26, and to strengthen its credibility to lead the international community to adopt a step change in action at COP26. The culmination of the campaign will be a national Climate Sunday event on Sunday 5th September 2021, to share church commitments and pray for bold action and courageous leadership at COP26.

For all the details see their blog at http://climatesunday.org/blog