Worcester Cathedral ringing out for climate change - The Worcester Observer

Worcester Cathedral ringing out for climate change

Worcester Editorial 30th Oct, 2021   0

WORCESTER Cathedral is joining in the nationwide call for churches to ring their bells, ahead of the United Nations Climate Conference in Glasgow next week.

The Ring Out For Climate Change campaign is being led by Edward Gildea, a Christian Aid climate campaign organiser, who is asking churches to ring their bells as a warning of the climate emergency and to mark the start of the conference.

The Dean of Worcester, Peter Atkinson, said: “Here at Worcester Cathedral, we believe that today is a time of real national crisis and so, on Sunday (October 31) our young ringers will be sounding our bells to warn the people of Worcester of the threat we face.

“Extreme weather events have already affected us in Worcester through flooding, and as Christians we are deeply concerned with the millions around the world who are being profoundly affected.




“We are proud to join this initiative to sound the alarm for climate justice, as we work towards our goal of becoming an Eco Church.”

The UN Climate Conference, CoP26, will see 196 world leaders and an expected 20,000 delegates meet in Glasgow and work together to commit to a reduction in emissions to avoid a climate emergency.


It comes just months after the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change described global warming as a ‘code red for humanity.’

The bell ringing campaign has already been endorsed by the Bishop of Norwich, the Rt Revd Graham Usher, the CoE’s lead bishop on the environment, who will join the delegation in Glasgow.

He said: “Church bells have traditionally been rung through the centuries to raise the alarm for local communities. The recent ‘code red’ report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an alarm call for us all.

“I am happy to endorse a nationwide ‘ring out for climate change’ as a symbol of warning, but also of hope, that this conference will lead to action for us all.”

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