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Tag Archives: Climate Change
Reflecting on 2011 – A Year of Contagion
It’s nearly the end of the year, and traditionally the time when we look back and try to make sense of the past 12 months. My suggestion for the word of the year is ‘contagion’. Contagion in the sense that … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged 2011, Arab Spring, Climate Change, Conference of European Churches, Contagion, Euro Crisis, Euro zone, Europe, Time, Tsunami, Vietnam
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The Bishop of Exeter’s Food Problem
The Bishop of Exeter, the Rt Revd Michael Langrish has written a challenging opinion piece on food security that appears in this week’s edition of the Church Times. In case you don’t read the Church Times or miss this week’s edition … Continue reading
Follow the Lights to Sao Paulo
Today, at the start of the Anglican Alliance’s Regional Consultation in Sao Paulo, Sally Keeble, the Alliance’s Director launched the Alliance’s website. This is a significant and exciting moment in the life of this new body. What is striking about … Continue reading
The Anglican Alliance, Brazil and Climate Change
I’m flying to Sao Paulo, Brazil, later today for a week-long regional consultation on climate change organised by the Anglican Alliance for Relief, Development and Advocacy. Having helped to set up the Alliance I’m looking forward to seeing the Alliance in … Continue reading
Posted in Latin America
Tagged Anglican Alliance, Brazil, Climate Change, Sally Keeble, Sao Paulo
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Photo Essay: Postcard fom London 2050
Last week’s photo essay took us back a year to the first days of the Coalition Government. This week’s photo essay lurches us forward to London 2050. This photo is one of a series of postcards that features in … Continue reading
The Arab Spring, Food Security and the Baguettes of War
The events in North Africa and the Middle East might now seem like a regular feature on the news agenda, but we shouldn’t forget that they caught us unaware. In our rush to speculate on how the Arab Awakening might eventually play … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Food Security, Middle East
Tagged Arab Democracy, Arab Spring, Climate Change, Food Security
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Photo of the Week – Come Hell or High Water
A Greenpeace activist holds a figure of the US Statue of Liberty, during their symbolic ‘Sinking Icons’ activity, by submerging icons of world-famous buildings, in Cancun, Mexico, on December 8, 2010 during the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change … Continue reading
Reflecting on Cancun- More Glacier Than Freeze?
Following my earlier post on the subject, what are we to make of the climate agreement reached in Cancun over the weekend? The Cancun Agreement usefully builds on the rather toxic Copenhagen Accord of the previous year. It begins to … Continue reading
For the sake of Climate Change do we Need to Abandon the UN Negotiating Process?
A year after the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, negotiators will reconvene on Monday this time in Cancun, Mexico for the start of two weeks of talks on climate change. Will Cancun succeed where Copenhagen failed? What are the stumbling … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Cancun, Climate Change, Copenhagen, UNFCCC, United Nations
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