Church of England welcomes COP21 agreement December 13, 2015 by Fulcrum The Church of England's lead bishop on the environment - Rt Rev Nicholas Holtam, the Bishop of Salisbury - has welcomed today's agreement at the UN Climate Change Summit in Paris. After two weeks of talks, participants have committed to hold the increase in global temperatures to 'well below' 2-degrees above pre-industrial levels, alongside clear rules on transparency and reviews of carbon emissions every five years. Church of England website. 12 December 2015 FulcrumShareTweetShare