27th June 2026

According to the head of Glacier Monitoring in Switzerland (Glamos). Alpine glaciers are expected to lose an enormous amount of ice due to the heatwave battering Europe. Glamos network chief Matthias Huss told AFP on Friday, “We are three months too early compared to a healthy state.”  Yesterday, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands recorded their highest ever June temperatures.  A top temperature of 40C was recorded in Kleine Brogel, close to the Dutch border. The extreme heat led to a Eurostar rail service from Cologne to Paris breaking down east of Brussels.  C Long-term forecasts for the UK indicate that in the next two months there will be significant bursts of heat pushing temperatures above average. In France, Parisians have been restricted from drinking alcohol in public from noon on Friday until 07:00 this morning and then from noon to 07:00 over the weekend. limate change is driving up temperatures around the world, but Europe is the fastest warming continent, heating up twice as fast as the global average, according to the Copernicus climate service. United Nations climate change chief Simon Stiell has said "Europe's savage heatwave has the fingerprints of the climate crisis all over it", and he has called for "a faster shift to renewables, protecting forests and boosting climate resilience". 

Loving God, Father of Creation, you created a world of wonder, of possibility and potential, forgive us that we are destroying the work of your hand and by doing so are causing misery and death to so many.  At this time of climate breakdown wake us from our slumber, and help us to respond rapidly to the climate crisis.  Help us to speak truth in a culture of denial, bringing hope in a culture of despair.  Move among the leaders of nations and all who lead global corporations, may the power they have lead us away from fossil fuels to renewable forms of energy.  May they seek to protect the most vulnerable to global warming and its consequences. To you be praise, honour and glory.  In  the name of Jesus we pray,  Amen.  

The largest renewable energy infrastructure project in US history has come on line and is generating more power than the Hoover Dam. At full capacity, the project can deliver enough energy to power approximately one million American homes annually. The wind turbines located between Torrance and Lincoln counties in New Mexico, generate power while the SunZia’s HVDC transmission system, which moves large amounts of electricity efficiently across long distances. 

A prayer inspired by a song written by

Jonas Myrin & Mat Redman

As a new day dawns

I sing of your love, wonderful God,

for I know that you will be with me

whatever the day brings.

You are my protection and my provider,

my strength and my guide.

My soul sings your blessing

and I worship your Holy name.

You are generous in love,

you are merciful and slow to anger.

You are compassionate, O God

and forgive my sinfulness.

I have thousands and thousands of reasons

to praise your Holy name.

All blessing and glory, honour and majesty

be yours

eternal God

Amen.