COP 26 Action Group

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Circuit Webteam: October 2020

A small group of young Methodists from around the world have come together to form the COP 26 Action Group. This group has been set up by the UK Methodist Church in order to campaign for a global agreement at the UN COP 26 conference which addresses the environmental crisis we face. The COP 26 conference will take place in Glasgow in November 2021.

On 12 October 2020 Rev'd Simon Topping, minister for Brimscombe Methodist Church gave a presentation on Eco-theology to the COP 26 Action Group. You can watch the presentation here.

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