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Masorti senior rabbi joins faith leaders urging Keir Starmer to back Climate Bill

A joint letter handed to 10 Downing Street says the prime minister has an opportunity to be an ‘inspiration’ if he were to back the bill

January 15, 2025 14:35
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Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg has joined senior faith leaders from across the country in calling on the Prime Minister to back the Climate and Nature Bill ahead of a Commons debate next week.

The senior rabbi of Masorti Judaism UK is among 25 senior bishops, rabbis and imams to advocate for the bill, which sets out sweeping changes to the UK’s nature protections and accelerates the government’s existing emission reduction targets.

The landmark backbench private members’ bill, which is set to be voted through the Commons next Friday, is supported by some 250 parliamentarians and ministers. The government has not yet publicly set out their position ahead of next week’s vote.

In a joint letter delivered to Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday, the faith leaders urge him to “take responsibility for the international impacts of all our actions”, and say he has an opportunity to become a national and global “inspiration to us all” by backing the bill.