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A seventeen-year-old Quaker's urgent call for climate justice

Updated 23 July 2019

Youth climate striker and London Quaker, Anya Nanning Ramamurthy, addressed faith groups with this call to climate justice ahead of the climate lobby of parliament on 26 June 2019. Here is the full text of her speech.

A seventeen-year-old Quaker's urgent call for climate justice

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Remembering John Woolman outside Vanguard

Updated 11 October 2022

The Bristol EarthQuakes group organised a meeting for worship outside the Vanguard offices in the City of London.

Remembering John Woolman outside Vanguard

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Turning the tide on fossil fuels

Updated 27 November 2024

Janet Saunders from Central Edinburgh Quaker Meeting explains how she got involved with campaigning to stop the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline through focusing on insurance companies.

Turning the tide on fossil fuels

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Buddhists, Quakers and Catholics unite in resistance against fracking

Created 8 May 2018

As an intern at Quakers in Britain, I get to work alongside many different colleagues, including those who support Quakers who take action to keep fossil fuels in the ground. Quakers oppose hydraulic fracturing of shale gas – known as 'fracking' – as part of our testimony to sustainability. We advocate for investment in renewable energy sources as an alternative.

Buddhists, Quakers and Catholics unite in resistance against fracking

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Working with the government on climate policy: what we’ve learned

Updated 4 October 2018

We know that confronting our climate crisis requires us to embrace fundamental changes: to our lives, what we buy, how we use energy and other resources. Through our Quaker worship and our witness, we seek a truer way of living – one that allows our testimonies to flourish.

Working with the government on climate policy: what we’ve learned

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COP24: How did it go?

Updated 18 December 2023

This aim of the December climate change conference in Poland, known as the Conference of Parties 24 (or COP24), was to define an implementation rulebook for the Paris Agreement. After two weeks of exhausting, if not fierce, negotiations, how did it all go? It depends on who you talk to.

COP24: The bare minimum

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Climate strike: young people demand action

Updated 18 February 2019

"That's not democracy!" shouted the young people next to us, pointing their placards at the Palace of Westminster. "THIS is democracy!" And this demonstration felt more democratic than any I've been on. These young people chose not to be in school, coming instead to seats of power in over sixty towns and cities across the UK. From nursery-age on up, the generation that will face the most extreme consequences of climate breakdown are shaming today's decision-makers.

Climate strike: young people demand action

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Ending the fossil fuel era: 5 things the UK government can do in 2022

Updated 21 February 2022

Today marks 100 days since the end of COP26. In his closing speech in Glasgow, COP26 President Alok Sharma told the world that the pledge to keep global temperature rises within 1.5°C "will only survive if we keep our promises; if we translate commitments into rapid action".100 days after those solemn words, what can be said about the UK's promises?

Ending the fossil fuel era: 5 things the UK government can do in 2022

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Reflecting on COP28 – where next for climate justice?

Updated 19 December 2023

Another set of annual UN climate talks has come to a close and many are sitting with mixed feelings. COP28 brought some unexpected welcome developments but it also saw a worrying increase in the potential for capture by the fossil fuel industry.

Reflecting on COP28 – where next for climate justice?