The Methodist Conference is encouraging local churches, circuits and districts to monitor and reduce their carbon emissions and made a commitment to identify resources to support this work.
Methodists were presented with a report, 'Caring for creation in the face of climate change', which expressed concern that current government policies are unlikely to achieve the target of a 60 per cent cut in UK carbon emissions by 2050.
It drew attention to the devastating impact of climate change on the world's poorest communities and called for decisive action, not only by governments but also by churches and those in the business and voluntary sectors.
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