The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has piddled on the Pope’s parade by issuing a multi-faith declaration on climate change just two days before Papa’s hotly anticipated teaching document is released. The Welby declaration calls on faith communities to recognise the need to transition a low carbon economy as climate change is “already disproportionately affecting the poorest in the world”. A bit rich from a man who spent 11 years in the oil industry…

The Pope’s rival document, to be released tomorrow, will state that climate change is hurting the poor and equates climate change scepticism with sin. Singing from the same hymn sheet…