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Eco Congregation Ireland response to IPCC Report on Climate Change
From Eco–Congregation Ireland:
Eco–Congregation Ireland’s new chairperson, the Revd Andrew Orr (pictured right), has issued the statement below following the publication on Friday 27 September 2013 of the latest IPCC report on climate change:
‘The latest IPCC Report from the UN on Climate Change confirms what they had said before: the world is suffering climate disruption at a speed that is unprecedented, and they are now 95% confident that humans are causing it. The levels of carbon in the atmosphere are already greater than any time in the last 800,000 years. The effects of this will get worse and will last for centuries, unless we take drastic action now. As US Secretary of State John Kerry says: “Those who deny the science or choose excuses over action are playing with fire”.
‘This is a wake–up call to governments, corporations and all of us to do what we can to limit destructive greenhouse gas emissions. The Churches should be taking a lead in modelling best practice among their congregations, and encouraging parishioners to put pressure on companies and our governments to take immediate and effective action to tackle climate disruption.’
The Revd Andrew Orr, Rector of Tullow Church of Ireland parish, Co Carlow, took over as chair of ECI on 23 September 2013. The previous chairman was Catherine Brennan SSL, who is the Roman Catholic representative and was in the chair for over five years.
Eco–Congregation Ireland was initiated by the Church in Society Forum – a standing committee of the Irish Inter–Church Meeting – in 2005. It is supported by the Roman Catholic, Church of Ireland, Presbyterian and Methodist churches and the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Ireland. Its vision is to see churches throughout Ireland celebrate the gift of God’s creation, recognise the interdependence of all creation and care for the environment in their life and mission and through members’ personal lifestyles.
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