From 26 to 27 – Another Year, Another COP: A Shared Call to Prayer from BUEN and JRI.

“Put that light out” was the cry of the air raid wardens in World War Two. A cry that seems to resonate with our lives today. Across war torn Ukraine, with winter approaching, with blackouts common due to Russian attacks on power stations, the government asks people to save electricity. While here in the UK, it’s not falling bombs but the rising price of energy that leads to us to think twice whether we need the lights on at home lest an unaffordable bill falls through our letterbox.

A year on from the COP26, the UN Climate Summit hosted in Glasgow in Nov 2021, the world feels a different place.