Wahroonga Friends Bulletin - 19 November 2025
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Wahroonga Friends Bulletin - 19 November 2025 Quakers Join Global Call to Expose Hidden Military Emissions at COP30
As global leaders meet in Brazil for COP30, Quakers and others are urging them to confront the climate impact of war and rising military spending.Above - Kuwaiti firefighters fight to secure a burning oil well in the Rumaila oilfields.A message initiated by War on Climate warns that military emissions are a “significant blind spot" in global climate policy which is undermining efforts to limit global heating.
With the number of armed conflicts at its highest since World War Two, Quakers and others say the environmental toll of warfare can no longer be treated as incidental.
Attempts to “green" the military are not the solution, Quakers say. Resources should be spent on climate action, diplomacy and peacebuilding to prevent conflicts arising in the first place.
Beyond the immediate human suffering, armed conflict drives significant and largely unreported greenhouse gas emissions.
Global military spending reached $2.7 trillion in 2024 and is climbing rapidly. Each dollar spent on the military generates more than twice the emissions of a dollar spent elsewhere.
Yet most governments report few or none of their military emissions to the UN climate system, leaving what campaigners describe as a “military emissions gap" in global accounting.
Militaries are thought to be responsible for around 5.5 per cent of global emissions. Europe's defence spending alone has risen more than 30 per cent since 2021.
And ambitions among some NATO members for national security budgets of 5 per cent of GDP could result in climate damage valued at nearly $300bn a year.
If current trends continue, global military spending could reach $6.6 trillion by 2035.
Quakers, whose faith leads them to work for peace, equality and care for the Earth, say they stand with War on Climate in urging governments at COP30 to show honesty and accountability.
Together, they are calling for three urgent commitments:
- Include military emissions in global carbon accounting.
- Commit to reducing military emissions.
- Fund climate action, diplomacy and peacebuilding over increasing military spending.
Paul Parker, recording clerk for Quakers in Britain, said: “Peace and climate justice are inseparable.
“We cannot build a safer world by investing in military systems that heat the planet and deepen inequality." Quakers join global call to expose hidden military emissions at COP30
Sunday 23 November - Visit from Esther HillPrincipal of The Friends' School Hobart
@ Sydney City Local Meeting
This Sunday 23rd November 2025, Sydney City Local Meeting will be joined at Meeting for Worship by the Principal of the Friends School in Hobart, Esther Hill, as well as some other staff members and some alumni of the school and their families, who are gathering in Sydney this weekend.
We invite you to attend Meeting for Worship this Sunday to meet the Friends from Hobart and to join in a morning tea afterwards. We would greatly appreciate a contribution to the morning tea (bearing in mind there are no facilities for heating food at Pilgrim House).See - Understanding the QuakerPeace Testimony
Even when there are conflicts around him. Pradip Lamichhane of the Bhaktaour Evangelical Friends Church says. “Within myself. I feel peace.” And it’s that spiritually infused sense of peace that motivates them to try to resolve the issues that crop up within the family or the workplace or the church meeting. “Sometimes I fail,” he admits. “That’s okay!” Pradip is one of many Quakers who’ve opened up to us, in our recent conversations, about how the peace testimony informs their faith, from individual encounters to perspectives on national and global affairs. See it here Understanding the Quaker Peace Testimony Buy the Earthcare Game for Just $50
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November QBC -The Early Quaker Story
The November QBC (Quaker Book Club) selection is The Early Quaker Story by Gerard Guiton.
"The Early Quakers Story" is a work of systematic theology. It places the first Friends (Quakers) into their ecclesiastical, social, political, and theological context during the turbulent years of mid-seventeenth century Britain, a time of civil war and intellectual ferment. The early Quakers were known during their time as a 'radical sectary' and they wanted to revolutionize the religious environment with their particular brand of spiritual insight. They took their inspiration from the Gospel Jesus but they emphasised the Inward Light of the Christ, which they conflated with the Kingdom of God. Order a copy here https://www.amazon.com.au/Early-Quaker-Story-Gerard-Guiton/dp/1835974937 e - Wahroonga Send news of f/Friends and newsletter items to quiver...@yahoo.com.au Agenda items for Business Meeting should be emailed at wmnwah...@quakersaustralia.info or handed to a co-clerk. Visit us at "Our Home" First days (Sunday), 9.30 am Meeting for Worship - Wahroonga Friends Meeting, your local peace church. Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) 59 Boundary Road Wahroonga NSW 2076 Email:wmnwah...@quakersaustralia.info Web: Wahroonga Local Meeting | Australia Yearly Meeting A Zoom meeting occurs 9.30 am Sundays Meeting link Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting 918 558 7747 Passcode: 554662 Phone: 02 8015 6011 Please contact Paul Carter if you have any problems connecting 0433 886 093
As global leaders meet in Brazil for COP30, Quakers and others are urging them to confront the climate impact of war and rising military spending.Above - Kuwaiti firefighters fight to secure a burning oil well in the Rumaila oilfields.A message initiated by War on Climate warns that military emissions are a “significant blind spot" in global climate policy which is undermining efforts to limit global heating.
With the number of armed conflicts at its highest since World War Two, Quakers and others say the environmental toll of warfare can no longer be treated as incidental.
Attempts to “green" the military are not the solution, Quakers say. Resources should be spent on climate action, diplomacy and peacebuilding to prevent conflicts arising in the first place.
Beyond the immediate human suffering, armed conflict drives significant and largely unreported greenhouse gas emissions.
Global military spending reached $2.7 trillion in 2024 and is climbing rapidly. Each dollar spent on the military generates more than twice the emissions of a dollar spent elsewhere.
Yet most governments report few or none of their military emissions to the UN climate system, leaving what campaigners describe as a “military emissions gap" in global accounting.
Militaries are thought to be responsible for around 5.5 per cent of global emissions. Europe's defence spending alone has risen more than 30 per cent since 2021.
And ambitions among some NATO members for national security budgets of 5 per cent of GDP could result in climate damage valued at nearly $300bn a year.
If current trends continue, global military spending could reach $6.6 trillion by 2035.
Quakers, whose faith leads them to work for peace, equality and care for the Earth, say they stand with War on Climate in urging governments at COP30 to show honesty and accountability.
Together, they are calling for three urgent commitments:
- Include military emissions in global carbon accounting.
- Commit to reducing military emissions.
- Fund climate action, diplomacy and peacebuilding over increasing military spending.
Paul Parker, recording clerk for Quakers in Britain, said: “Peace and climate justice are inseparable.
“We cannot build a safer world by investing in military systems that heat the planet and deepen inequality." Quakers join global call to expose hidden military emissions at COP30
Sunday 23 November - Visit from Esther HillPrincipal of The Friends' School Hobart
@ Sydney City Local Meeting
This Sunday 23rd November 2025, Sydney City Local Meeting will be joined at Meeting for Worship by the Principal of the Friends School in Hobart, Esther Hill, as well as some other staff members and some alumni of the school and their families, who are gathering in Sydney this weekend.
We invite you to attend Meeting for Worship this Sunday to meet the Friends from Hobart and to join in a morning tea afterwards. We would greatly appreciate a contribution to the morning tea (bearing in mind there are no facilities for heating food at Pilgrim House).See - Understanding the QuakerPeace Testimony
Even when there are conflicts around him. Pradip Lamichhane of the Bhaktaour Evangelical Friends Church says. “Within myself. I feel peace.” And it’s that spiritually infused sense of peace that motivates them to try to resolve the issues that crop up within the family or the workplace or the church meeting. “Sometimes I fail,” he admits. “That’s okay!” Pradip is one of many Quakers who’ve opened up to us, in our recent conversations, about how the peace testimony informs their faith, from individual encounters to perspectives on national and global affairs. See it here Understanding the Quaker Peace Testimony Buy the Earthcare Game for Just $50
For Limited Time Only Obtain Get in quick this offer is limited to 50 games at this price.
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YOUR PROMO CODE: JAKE
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22 SEPTEMBER 2025 - 22 NOVEMBER 2025
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| BUY NOW |
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|
|
Everything on the Site for Just $50.00
November QBC -The Early Quaker Story
The November QBC (Quaker Book Club) selection is The Early Quaker Story by Gerard Guiton.
"The Early Quakers Story" is a work of systematic theology. It places the first Friends (Quakers) into their ecclesiastical, social, political, and theological context during the turbulent years of mid-seventeenth century Britain, a time of civil war and intellectual ferment. The early Quakers were known during their time as a 'radical sectary' and they wanted to revolutionize the religious environment with their particular brand of spiritual insight. They took their inspiration from the Gospel Jesus but they emphasised the Inward Light of the Christ, which they conflated with the Kingdom of God. Order a copy here https://www.amazon.com.au/Early-Quaker-Story-Gerard-Guiton/dp/1835974937 e - Wahroonga Send news of f/Friends and newsletter items to quiver...@yahoo.com.au Agenda items for Business Meeting should be emailed at wmnwah...@quakersaustralia.info or handed to a co-clerk. Visit us at "Our Home" First days (Sunday), 9.30 am Meeting for Worship - Wahroonga Friends Meeting, your local peace church. Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) 59 Boundary Road Wahroonga NSW 2076 Email:wmnwah...@quakersaustralia.info Web: Wahroonga Local Meeting | Australia Yearly Meeting A Zoom meeting occurs 9.30 am Sundays Meeting link Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting 918 558 7747 Passcode: 554662 Phone: 02 8015 6011 Please contact Paul Carter if you have any problems connecting 0433 886 093
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