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Peace groups unite to oppose world’s biggest arms fair
14 September 2023
Quakers maintained a strong dissenting presence outside the world's biggest market for weapons as it emerged that the UK government had invited countries on its own watch list.
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Quaker Year of Climate Learning empowers environmental action
16 August 2023
Quakers in Britain's year of exploring faith and climate justice has given participants a comprehensive grounding, fostering avenues for collective action.
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Quakers call on Prime Minister to keep his promise on climate finance
10 July 2023
Quakers in Britain joined 91 other organisations in writing to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to stand by his commitment to a £11.6bn climate finance fund.
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World Bank and UK government heed calls for debt relief for countries hit by climate crisis
30 June 2023
Years of collective calls by Quakers and others have led to the UK government and World Bank offering debt pauses to countries experiencing climate crises.
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Quakers support Labour’s pledge to end new fossil fuel projects
5 June 2023
Quakers have joined 139 other organisations in writing to Keir Starmer to support Labour's world-leading pledge to end new oil and gas projects.
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Salter Lecture 2023: How the love we are will guide us through ecological collapse
25 April 2023
This year's Salter Lecture, delivered by ecological philosopher Rupert Read during the Big One protests, was a timely and rousing call to action.