Methodists Launch Churchwide Consultation on Climate Change

LONDON – The Methodist Church of Great Britain is giving its members the opportunity to make their voices heard on climate change as part of a newly launched consultation.

They are being invited to share their views on the draft Methodist Conference Statement on climate change, "Hope in God’s Future."

The statement draws on a joint report of the same title on climate change received by the Methodist Conference in 2009 and written in collaboration with the United Reformed Church and Baptist Union of Great Britain.

The report states that the church must repent for its complicity in climate change and take action to reduce its carbon footprint.

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Its growth has been nothing short of spectacular. At a size of approximately US$11 billion in 2005, it has had a compound annual rate of growth of about 90 per cent since then. Indeed the market value has doubled over two successive years 2006-2007 and 2007-2008.
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The global carbon market saw a marginal decline of 1 per cent in 2009 over 2008.