General Synod highlights: 2030 net-zero target; Windrush legacy; Living in Love and Faith

This week, Ed Thornton catches up with Madeleine Davies and Adam Becket, who have just returned from the press gallery at the General Synod, which has been meeting in Church House, Westminster. They tell us what some of the stand-out debates have been, including the surprise commitment to setting a 2030 target for net zero carbon emissions; repentance for the racism expressed to the Windrush generation; and the latest on the Living in Love and Faith project. Picture: The Revd Andrew Moughtin-Mumby (Southwark) speaks on his private member’s motion which called for the Synod to “lament, on behalf of Christ’s Church, the conscious and unconscious racism experienced by countless BAME Anglicans in 1948 and subsequent years” Credit: Geoff Crawford/Church Times Listeners might be interested to hear about the Church Times Festival of Faith and Literature, which takes place at Bloxham School, Oxfordshire, on Friday 21 February and Saturday 22 February. For a full programme and to buy tickets, visit bloxhamfaithandliterature.hymnsam.co.uk If you don't yet subscribe to the Church Times, check out our new reader offer: 10 issues for £10: www.churchtimes.co.uk/new-reader