Update #4

Young Quakers Worldwide and COP26: This online, interactive event brings together a number of young Quakers from around the world to share what is happening in their countries and their hopes for the future. We will hear from Young Quakers in Bolivia, Burundi, the Philippines and the USA, many of whom have direct experience of climate breakdown in their region. Quakers of all ages are welcome to attend. Read more here.

The President of the National Council of Churches Australia shares prayers and meditations for success at the forthcoming Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Sunday, 31 Oct 2021 – Friday, 12 November 2021. This can be done as a personal contribution. Read more here

Climate change lecture hosted by the Glasgow Quakers for COP 26 – by Alastair McIntosh, author of “Riders on the Storm”. Alastair McIntosh is a member of Glasgow Quaker meeting. He is an activist for social, environmental and spiritual change and an honorary professor at the University of Glasgow. Read more here.

Have you met Frankie the Dinosaur? He stomped his way into the United Nations General Assembly Hall today. In breach of diplomatic protocol; ‘don’t choose extinction’ dinosaur urges world leaders – See Frankie the Dinosaur, compliments of UNDP.

Ahead of COP26, 72 Institutions Make Largest-Ever Faith Divestment Announcement: Five days before the UN climate conference, COP26, in Glasgow, and four days before the G20 Summit in Rome, 72 faith institutions, including 37 from the UK, announce their divestment from fossil fuels in the largest-ever joint divestment announcement by religious organisations. Read more here.

Quakers in the UK have been on a national journey towards COP 26. There is a Quaker Meeting House in Glasgow, and they have a significant program of workship and activities related to COP 26 – all taking place during the COP event. Quakers in the UK have also made a short Climate Statement. You can view the statement and read about Quakers in the UK