On 8 July 2022, General Synod considered the Church’s plans to assist the 16,000 local churches and 4,500 schools reach carbon net zero by the end of the decade. These plans were announced on 23 June 2022 and are summarized here. The Church has now issued a Press Release on the outcome of the debate, Synod endorses plan to reach net zero carbon by 2030, and extracts of the agreed motion, and the £30M funding for to initiate a net zero programme 2023-2025, are reproduced here.   Continue reading →