Bank of England Governor Mark Carney has warned against the financial risks of not dealing with climate change, calling for more action by stating that once climate change becomes a defining issue for financial stability, it might already be too late. Simultaneously, a growing movement to divest financial assets from fossil fuels has emerged.

Faith-based groups have been playing a key role in this. Actors such as the World Council of Churches, Lutheran World Federation, Church of England, Quakers, and many more are divesting.

In this context, the Carbon Group – an informal MEP Group on the Carbon Bubble – is very pleased to welcome to a breakfast discussion a Delegation from the European Christian Environmental Network and have a keynote input from Reverend Henrik Grape from the Church of Sweden, who will kick-off the discussion, highlighting how the Church of Sweden is divesting from fossil fuels and the role that faith-based groups can play in divestment.

Agenda

• Welcome and Introduction, Reinhard Bütikofer, MEP (Greens/EFA)
• Input from Henrik Grape, Church of Sweden

• Q&A / Discussion

Registration: Please register by writing a mail to reinhard.buetikofer@europarl.europa.eu