News

12 February 2020

Operation Noah joyfully welcomes the outcome of the Church of England General Synod debate on the climate emergency and carbon reduction target.

General Synod members voted by 144 votes to 129 to support an amendment from Revd Canon Prof. Martin Gainsborough, Chaplain to the Bishop of Bristol, to set a net zero emissions target of 2030.

Job Title: Communications Officer

Reporting to: The person in this role will report primarily to the trustee/s with oversight of communications. On Bright Now communications tasks, the person in this role will work with the Bright Now Campaign Manager.

Salary and hours: The person in this role will be engaged as a self-employed freelancer. We expect the job to take the equivalent of one day per week. The work would be done from home, with regular trips to our office near London Bridge. The remuneration will be at £150 per 7-hour day or equivalent.

Background: Operation Noah is the leading Christian charity campaigning on climate change. Our Bright Now campaign focuses on church investments becoming fossil-fuel-free.

Are you passionate about addressing the climate emergency? Would you like to play a key part in UK Churches’ engagement with the issue in 2020?

6 January 2020

Today, 20 UK churches, dioceses, religious orders and Christian institutions announce their divestment from fossil fuels. They join the growing ‘Fossil Free’ divestment movement, where faith institutions make up 29% of divesting organisations – the greatest proportion of divestment commitments globally. The global total of assets under management of divesting institutions has now surpassed $12 trillion.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated person with a strong campaigning background and excellent communication skills to join us at a crucial moment in the campaign for fossil free Churches. Could this be you?

The following is a joint press release by the Global Catholic Climate Movement, Operation Noah, Green Anglicans and GreenFaith.

Faith institutions are the largest constituency in the global divestment movement, which has reached a new milestone of $11 trillion.