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New edition of JRI Climate Change briefing

An updated fourth edition of Sir John Houghton’s briefing “Global Warming, Climate Change, and Sustainability: a Challenge to Scientists, Policy-makers, and Christians” is now available for download.

Operation Noah

Operation Noah event on 6th June: “The Climate Crisis: Why is nothing happening? A social, political and moral perspective on obstacles to action” Flyer for Operation Noah Seminar on 6th June

Exeter talks from March 2011

Outlines from some of the talks by leading experts from “The Environmental Crisis: A Christian Response?” held in Exeter in March are available for download: Powerpoint from Sir John Houghton’s talk.

Powerpoint from Richard Weaver’s talk.

Blueprint for a Safer Planet

We recommend Lord Stern’s book “A blueprint for a safer planet’ Vintage Books £8.99 A excellent, readable, informative and up-to-date introduction to the economics and policy issues associated with Human Induced Climate Change from someone who has studied these aspects of the subject probably more deeply and carefully than anyone else in the world – [...]

Farmers and Governments

A new book published by the Agricultural Theology Project (ATP) is Christopher Jones, An Unsafe Distance – An examination of relations between Governments and Farmers. With contributions by Dr Dan Taylor and Rev Ivor MacDonald, and a foreword by Professor John Wibberley.

“An Unsafe Distance” can be downloaded here:

An Unsafe Distance

Cover for An [...]