Organisers of the Clearing the Air forum held at Unitec in Auckland (16-17 July 2010) were pleased with the forum and the outcomes.

Dr Jonathan Leaver, a lecturer at Unitec, said 'the simple fact of academia and the Church collaborating on such an important topic as climate change was itself a significant outcome'.

New Zealand Christian Network (visionnetwork) partnered with Unitec to organise a line-up of speakers described by Archbishop David Moxon in his closing summary as 'truly world-class'. Glyn Carpenter from NZ Christian Network said 'there will always be more evidence and argument that could have been presented. But within the time constraint of two half-day sessions, I think most would agree we covered a lot of important ground'.

For a full summary of the forum, including abstracts of the papers presented, click on the link below.

It was originally intended that church leaders attending the conference would draft a position statement on climate change. However, in view that they had previously issued a statement in November 2009, it was decided that a further statement was not needed. The November statement, Copenhagen climate summit - a Kairos moment, can be read here.

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