This month our short film and worship resources are from Zambia. The focuson drought and flooding in Zambia due to climate change. In the short film we learn about the impacts of climate change in creating uncertain rainfall patterns, we also learn about the importance of global cooperation for mitigating and adapting to climate change. […]
As part of the Climate Justice for All campaign, each country is encouraging their Methodist churches to make a long-term commitment to the planet. This is lived out differently in different contexts. In the Methodist Church in Britain, we are asking churches to commit to a ‘greening scheme’, to help them transform their habits and […]
Friday thoughts by Shamiso Winnet Mupara, Executive Director: Environmental Buddies Zimbabwe Trust. In August 2018 I had an opportunity to visit Cornwall, South-west England. The purpose of the trip was to visit the EDEN Project, an educational attraction featuring two enormous domes containing thousands of species of plants (pictured above). While in Cornwall, I would […]
The Pacific islands are a group of small island nations geographically scattered around the Pacific Ocean. Worldwide they are famous for their white sandy beaches and as tourist attractions that tend to evoke a romantic notion of a ‘life in paradise’. However beyond such attractions lurk an existential crisis that threatens to swallow the land […]
(Rocking on the Acqua alta, https://www.flickr.com/photos/chrischabot/8380961561) L’Italia è un paese con alte emissioni di gas serra. Nel 2018 si stima che l’Italia abbia prodotto l’equivalente di 407 Megatoni di CO2 in emissioni[1]. È tra i maggiori emettitori di gas serra dell’Unione Europea risultando al 5° posto in Europa (5,1%)[2] . Il settore energetico è […]
(Rocking on the Acqua alta, https://www.flickr.com/photos/chrischabot/8380961561) Italy is a high-emitting country. In 2018 it is estimated that Italy produced the equivalent of 407 Megatons of CO2 in emissions[1] . It is among the largest emitters of greenhouse gases in the European Union being the 5th largest in Europe (5.1%)[2]. The energy sector is the […]
Uruguay es un país con bajas emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero. Se estima que en 2018 Uruguay emitió el equivalente a 35,2 megatoneladas de CO2[i] (0,05% de las emisiones globales[ii]). Dentro de Latinoamérica y el Caribe, Uruguay es el decimoquinto mayor emisor, con el 0,89% de las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero en […]
Uruguay is a low-emitting country. In 2018 it is estimated that Uruguay produced the equivalent of 35.2 Megatonnes of CO2 in emissions[i] (0.05% from the global emissions[ii]). It is the 15th largest emitter of greenhouse gases in Latin America and the Caribbean (0.89%)[iii]. The largest emitting sector is Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use […]
The theme for this month’s resources is ‘climate induced relocation’, which highlights the impacts of climate change in the Pacific specifically the country of Fiji. The chosen scripture for this month’s theme is Psalm 137:4 which reads “How do we sing the Lord’s Song in a Strange Land?”. In our Pacific context, this scripture is […]
(A windfarm in the UK, freeimageslive.co.uk – gratuit) This is the first in a series of blog articles about climate change in different parts of the world. We will look at the causes, impacts and solutions being employed. This first article will focus on the UK, the nation that will be hosting COP26, and […]
