Regions and Countries: climate change

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Climate progress?

It’s easy to be discouraged about climate change these days. But there are some good things happening. This list from Climate Caretakers is encouraging and worth reviewing: Led by Greta Thunberg, a very inspiring Swedish teenager, a dynamic and widespread youth movement is finally rising to lead the way on climate […]

Creation Care at Lausanne’s Global Workplace Forum

Focusing on the 99% of Christians who minister through their workplaces, Lausanne’s Global Workplace Forum <www.lausanne.org/gatherings/lausanne-global-workplace-forum> held in Manila June 25-29 was also an opportunity to draw the church’s attention to the vital importance of caring for God’s creation. One of the evening plenaries featured a creation care segment with […]

It’s hot in Europe!

Europe is about to have its second serious heatwave this summer. From EcoWatch: Paris could surpass its all-time high of 40.4 degrees Celsius on Thursday, Meteo France predicted Monday, according to The Washington Post’s Capital Weather Gang<www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/07/22/paris-all-time-high-temperature-record-may-fall-this-week-another-sweltering-heat-wave-roasts-europe/?utm_term=.5e4a8a4e8dd3>. That record has not been broken since 1947. Overnight minimum records were already […]