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Bishop Arnold on COP30: “Take action and make your voice heard”

steph — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 10:49:38 +0000

Bishop John Arnold, Lead Bishop for the Environment for the Bishops’ Conference, has issued a statement on COP30 which will take place in Belém, Brazil, from 10-21 November 2025. The Conference of the Parties (COP) is the United Nations’ annual meeting held to assess progress in dealing with climate change. COP30 offers an important opportunity […]

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Environment Bishop calls on government to tax polluters to support countries most affected by climate crisis

james — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 22:29:11 +0000

Ahead of the forthcoming COP29 UN climate summit, Bishop John Arnold, Lead Bishop for Environmental Issues for the Bishops’ Conference, has joined his Anglican counterpart, Bishop Graham Usher of Norwich to urge the UK Government to push large polluters to contribute more towards climate finance. Their joint letter, sent on 8 November, calls for higher […]

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COP28: Guarded optimism from Environment Bishop but climate targets need to be measured and met

james — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 17:32:16 +0000

Responding to the COP28 climate summit in Dubai and the so-called UAE Consensus, Bishop John Arnold, Lead Bishop for Environmental Issues, stressed that he wants to see more than words on paper when it comes to addressing the climate crisis. Expressing “guarded optimism” and welcoming the agreement to “transition away” from fossil fuels, Bishop Arnold sounded […]

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COP26 has handed a threadbare lifeline to the world’s most vulnerable people – CAFOD

james — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 08:19:04 +0000

CAFOD’s Director of Advocacy Neil Thorns, who attended the full two weeks of the UN climate summit in Glasgow, has commented on the outcome of the COP26 talks: “COP26 is a major disappointment to CAFOD’s partners working with poor communities – it simply hasn’t delivered the urgent action or justice required. Instead, it has been […]

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The global climate emergency has a human face, say Bishops

james — Mon, 08 Nov 2021 08:30:00 +0000

As COP26 starts its second week of discussions, the Church’s Lead Bishop for International Affairs, Bishop Declan Lang, joins Bishop John Arnold, Lead Bishop for the Environment in stressing the importance of the UN climate summit to the Catholic Church. Reminding us that it is the world’s poorest people who suffer most from the effects […]

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COP26: Schools and Colleges

james — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 13:52:01 +0000

As we near the end of the first week of the COP26 UN climate summit, two Catholic bishops have issued a statement lauding the action and commitment of Catholic school pupils in their response to the ecological crisis. Bishop Marcus Stock, Chair of the Catholic Education Service, and Bishop John Arnold, Lead Bishop for the Environment, […]

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COP26: Vocation

james — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 13:43:53 +0000

The two bishops stress that our personal vocation starts with discernment and prayer: “Our vocation as stewards of God’s world is the original vocation and has been with us since the point of our creation where we were made in His image and likeness. In this image and likeness, God invites us to be like […]

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COP26: Catholic schools and colleges forming the next generation of stewards of God’s creation

james — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 09:25:00 +0000

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COP26 presents last opportunity to reclaim title of “responsible stewards of creation”, say Catholic bishops

james — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 08:40:00 +0000

Archbishop Malcolm McMahon and Bishop John Arnold, our Lead Bishops for Vocations and the Environment respectively, have issued a joint statement highlighting how the call to responsible stewardship of God’s world is the “original” Christian vocation. The two bishops stress that our personal vocation starts with discernment and prayer: “Our vocation as stewards of God’s […]

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Pope’s Address to COP26 President and Leaders

james — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 21:22:00 +0000

To His Excellency The Right Honourable Alok Sharma President of COP26, the 26th Session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Your Excellency, As the Glasgow Conference begins, all of us are aware that it has the vital task of demonstrating to the entire international community whether there […]

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