Churches 'need do more on climate change'
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A researcher for the Australian National University says Christian denominations need to do more to address climate change.
Steve Douglas has studied the policies of the Catholic, Anglican and Uniting churches and found the Anglican Church is the least effective.
He says the Uniting Church has more policies but a poor record for implementation and the Catholic Church has a small environmental organisation but is restricted in policy making.
Dr Douglas says all three denominations need to become more focused.
"They'll recognise climate change rather than taking the older view of just opposing science on that or playing on scientific uncertainty," he said.
"So they're saying that there are problems and they're saying that we need to address these and that indeed it's a matter faith for those communities to act on them but the institutions themselves are doing relatively little."
