The climate summit in Glasgow could represent the last chance for world leaders to agree a strategy to halt environmental degradation and climate change, the bishops of England and Wales have said.
In a statement released to coincide with the start of the 12-day United Nations COP26 meeting, the bishops said if that God’s creation faced “irreparable damage” if global leaders failed to pledge themselves to meaningful action.
“It is an unassailable fact that the ecological crisis is one of the most pressing social justice issue of our time,” said the statement signed jointly by Bishop Richard Moth of Arundel and Brighton, the lead bishop for social justice, and Bishop John Arnold of Salford, the lead bishop for the environment.
