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Faith leaders pledge to tackle climate change

  • fuzzwahoo
  • Jul 17
  • 2 min read
Norwich Quakers had an active role in organising an event where Faith leaders came together on the 11th July in Norwich with a pledge to act as role models to support nature and tackle climate change – and they called on politicians to do the same.
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The event at St Peter Mancroft Church in Norwich was attended by three East Anglia MPs along with representatives from faith groups including Christians, Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, Baha’ais and Pagans. Its aim was to bring together different faiths to promise action on the climate and nature crisis, and to call on elected representatives to support nature and moves towards a greener future for the planet.

Three Labour Members of Parliament attended the event: Clive Lewis, MP for Norwich South, Alice MacDonald, MP for Norwich North, and Dr Peter Prinsley, MP for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket.





Representatives of the six faith groups signed a pledge to work together for climate and nature. “We are deeply alarmed by the ongoing breakdown of our climate and the consequent impacts on nature and people... as faith communities we recognise there is an overriding duty to care for each other and he natural world on which we all depend,” it said. “This means investing in nature, supporting nature-friendly farming and recognising the health and economic benefits of the natural world It means backing UK jobs, securing a just, green transition and building a cleaner, healthier future for all.”

The gathering was hosted by Revd Fiona Haworth, Associate Priest of St Peter Mancroft in Norwich city centre.


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(L to R) Saba Khalid (Muslim), Fazlun Khalid (Founder of Islamic Foundation for Ecology and Environmental Science,IFEES), Rabbi Roderick Young (Norwich Synagogue), Fiona Haworth (Church of England), Shifa Mears (IFEES), Anthony McCarthy (Bah’ai),  Peter Belton (Quaker),  Barbara Bryant (Church of England), Linda Albin (National Jewish Liberal Community, NJLC), Chris Wood (Pagan Moot), Rabbi Martina Lorregian (NJLC).



Photographs by Charlotte Gray


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