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Australian Religious Response to Climate Change

Bishop Sarah Plowman (Anglican Church Southern Queensland), Sandra King OAM (Anglican Church Southern Queensland), Emma Beach (Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane), Aunty Dr Rose Elu (Saibai elder and National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Anglican Council executive member), Swami Atmeshananda (Vedanta Centre Brisbane), Janeth Deen OAM (Queensland Muslim community) and The Very Rev'd Dr Peter Catt (St John's Anglican Cathedral) outside St John's Anglican Cathedral on Tuesday 17 September 2024 following the unveiling of an Australian Religious Response to Climate Change banner as part of a national week of action
National

Faith leaders call for historic clean energy investment and fossil fuel phase-out

St John’s Anglican Cathedral, along with over 150 diverse places of worship across Australia, unveiled enormous banners today with a united message to the prime minister and the opposition leader, calling for a historic investment in clean energy

Features

Climate scarves, teal independents and proposed treaty

“My friend knitted 100 colourful stripes representing temperatures from the past 100 years – the blue hues represent the years when the Earth was relatively cool; the cream and yellow indicate the years things got a bit warmer; and, the reds represent the years that became very hot,” says the Justice Unit’s Peter Branjerdporn