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Christians March in Manchester on the eve of the Tory conference to ask the coalition to live up to its promise as the government green "ever.

Arwa

Aburawa

was there.

a thousand fans were on the streets of Manchester on March 1, organized by Christian Aid, CAFOD and Tearfund. Their goal: to convince the coalition government to work harder to achieve climate justice.

For many years, churches in the UK have campaigned to end world poverty. Now the Christian organizations on climate change on the basis that the Third World debt, global warming is a problem related to poverty.

Paul Brannen, head of the advocacy work of Christian Aid said:

About one billion people go to bed hungry every day and believe that climate change will increase this number and push more people into poverty. The poorest will be hardest hit, and that as Christians, we say that the concerns and we add our voice to those calling on the government to do something about global warming.

the heart of the Christian campaign against climate change is the "love thy neighbor" ethic and the need to protect the poor. John Griffith, a volunteer of 71 years in Warrington said he came to the event to remind the government of its responsibility towards the marginalized. He said:

What are the financial problems the eve of Durban next month [the upcoming UN conference on climate change], the Prime Minister must ensure that the Kyoto Protocol, which is the only binding agreement in the city ??to reduce carbon emissions from spreading. If he puts his political capital, there is a possibility that this happens, but otherwise not.

far, however, the signs are not good. The level of commitment demonstrated by the present coalition government to extend the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012, was rare and it is not clear that the money pledged to support the poorer nations to adapt climate change will come. The organizers of the event "witness", including the difficulty in obtaining a Conservative minister to speak in court, despite repeated attempts since April, which they call "extremely disappointing".