MAKE a low carbon lifestyle your New Year’s resolution say church leaders.
They are calling on governments to strengthen incentives for renewable energy and on every one of us to switch to a low carbon way of life in order to deliver the targets set at the Paris Climate summit.
The call comes from the Church in Wales’ environment group, CHASE. While the group welcomes the Paris agreement, it warns that countries and individuals now have to step up and deliver the cuts in emissions that are needed.
CHASE spokesman, the Bishop of Swansea and Brecon, John Davies, said, “We welcome the chance that the Paris agreement offers for the world to avoid dangerous climate change.
“The question now is whether the initiative that the Paris agreement offers will be seized. Will all countries – including Wales and the UK – deliver the necessary cuts in emissions? All of us have our part to play, and all parts of society need to strive to achieve the big transition to a low carbon way of life. The Church in Wales is developing its own action plan.
“The UK Government and the Welsh Government have a responsibility to lead and create the right incentives, and so I must express concern that the UK Government has recently announced cuts in its support for renewable energy and carbon capture and storage. It is hard to see how this is right given the scale and speed of the transition we need to make to a low carbon society. I hope that the UK Government will think again and strengthen its incentives for renewable energy and carbon capture so that the Paris agreement can be delivered.”
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