The Evangelical Alliance are asking the Scottish government to open a grant for converting church buildings to become net zero in energy efficiency, ventilation and in their heat networks so that every church in Scotland is carbon-neutral by 2045. They said, ‘We believe it is part of our commission as Christians to be good stewards of God’s creation. After God created the earth and everything in it, He declared it very good. He invited the people to have “dominion” over it; they were to take responsibility for its care. As followers of Jesus, we should treat the earth with respect because God has entrusted us to take care of it.' Meanwhile seventy respected climate scientists want Boris Johnson to end new oil and gas developments off Shetland and urgently set out a concrete plan for moving from fossil fuels to low-carbon electricity sources.
Scotland: carbon-neutral churches?
Written by David Fletcher 21 Oct 2021Additional Info
- Pray: for bold political action to redirect investments into church re-fits, and to refuse requests for new North Sea oil and gas licenses. (Jeremiah 2:7)
- More: www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/cop26-oil-gas-climate-scientists-b1937749.html