Representatives from 200 nations have gathered in Katowice in southern Poland for the two-week summit which seeks to implement commitments made in Paris in 2015.

Sir David Attenborough addressed the meeting on Monday, warning that climate change was the biggest threat the world has faced for thousands of years.

Christian Aid’s Joe Ware told Premier that acting on climate change was a matter of justice for poor nations.

He said: “The great cruel aspect of climate change is that it is hurting the poorest first and worst and it is the poorest who have done the least to contribute to the problem.”

He said poor nations wanted to do their bit by leapfrogging to renewable forms of energy and not repeating the dependence upon fossil fuels of the richer nations.

It is the first major meeting to be held since the landmark Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on limiting global temperature rise to 1.5C came out in October.

The IPCC stated that to keep to the 1.5C goal, governments would have to slash emissions of greenhouse gases by 45 per cent by 2030.

But a recent study showed that CO2 emissions are on the rise again after stalling for four years.

Paul Cook, Head of Advocacy at Christian charity, Tearfund told Premier of the significance of the meeting.

He said: “This is a really critical issue because this is where the global climate change agreements that…

The Archbishop of Canterbury has been accused of being too critical of the government when it comes to the issue of poverty.

Speaking on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show he said he is simply following the words of Jesus.

He was quizzed over his appearence at a union conference earlier this year but Welby claimed he was the seventh archbishop of Canterbury to address the TUC.

That address was widely criticised by Tory MPs due to the union’s link to the Labour Party.

Defending himself, he said: “If I really want to read the Bible and what the prophets and what Jesus said – then I haven’t gone too far.

“I’m not party political, i’m not a member of any political party…I simply try to speak from the Christian scriptures about the values Jesus put forward himself.”

Welby has also been defended by campaign group Church Action on Poverty.

Speaking on Premier’s News Hour, spokesperson Liam Purcell said: “Whenever we see injustice and poverty we’re really called to speak out.

“We have a vision of a more just and compassionate society which is more like the kingdom of heaven and we need to speak out for that vision.”

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The doctors group is responding to news that Kenya has banned Marie Stopes from carrying out terminations.

It’s after the organisation was accused of breaking the rules on advertising abortions.

CMF claims money from the Department for International Development has been given to Marie Stopes to provide sexual health care to parts of Africa but it is concerned that money has been used to promote abortion.
 
Philippa Taylor, Head of Public Policy at CMF told Premier’s News Hour the situation is currently unclear.

She said: “The whole issue is really murky.

“There’s a complete lack of transparency and accountability in this area.

“We don’t know the answer to that question which is one of the reasons we’re so concerned.”

The Department for International Development has told Premier there is no evidence that aid money has been misspent.

In a statement, it said: “No UK aid money is being used to fund illegal abortions in Kenya. The UK is currently developing a new programme, which will provide £36m to support the Government of Kenya to increase access to modern family planning services between 2019 and 2024.
 
“Family planning services will be delivered as part of a comprehensive package of sexual and reproductive health services in-line with DFID policy and global best practice. In Kenya, any provision of safe abortion services will only be supported within the parameters…

The Songs of Praise presenter has been telling Premier of the ups and downs of her Christian journey.

As a teenager, she says her faith was rocked by the sudden death of her father who had cancer.

“I’d been very much involved in my church, I sang in services and my mum taught at Sunday school – church was very important in my childhood.

“Later on I felt very angry that my father had been taken away from me.

“It took a few years and various different things for me to rediscover [faith]. A lot of that has been down to having children to discover faith in a different way.”

After a glittering career in music, Jenkins has been on the presenting team of BBC’s Songs of Praise for the past year.

She says that too has been a boost to her faith.

“What I’m loving is when I’m out and meeting different people who worship in different ways – I find it so inspiring,” she said. “That’s been something that’s helped my own faith.”

Katherine Jenkins was speaking on Premier Drive. You can hear the full interview from 3pm on Tuesday 3rd December or listen again here.

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The Most Rev Justin Welby was speaking at an event at Lambeth Palace on Monday commemorating the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht and Kindertransport.

Mr Welby warned that anti-Semitism can lead to prejudice and discrimination against other religions.

He added: “We come today to remember and give thanks for the Kindertransport and we come to mourn the events of Kristallnacht, but we also come to say ‘let us be vigilant’.

“We know from that terrible period that if even one religious or ethnic group is targeted, it’s a threat to them all.”

Kristallnacht, the night of broken glass, saw thousands of Jews subjected to terror and violence with buildings and synagogues destroyed and vandalised.

Later that month the British Government agreed to allow unaccompanied Jewish children to enter the country.

During the Kindertransport nearly 10,000 Jewish children fleeing central Europe were accepted into the UK.

The Lambeth Palace event was organised by the Council of Christians and Jews, which was founded by the Chief Rabbi Joseph Hertz and Archbishop of Canterbury William Temple In 1942.

Mr Welby extended a hand of friendship to Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and all British Jews.

He added: “What I want to say to him and to all British Jews is that you are as British as anyone else.

“It shouldn’t need to be said but people have denied it in recent times.

“You’re not adopted British,…