The Times' website, under its faith section, reports yesterday's latest launch of Michael Henderson's book No Enemy to Conquer at a Greencoat Forum in the London centre of Initiatives of Change. Under the headline 'Forgiveness is the key to bringing peace in Northern Ireland', Cheryl Gallagher reports Henderson's emphasis that 'forgiveness far from being just a personal or religious matter can affect the life of nations'.

The intergenerational divide causes conflict, break up and division within families, with profound consequences for the young and the old among many communities in Britain. The Somali community recently discussed this issue and came up with interesting observations and solutions. Ayan Osman, volunteer, Somali Initiative for Dialogue and Democracy reports.

At a time of heightened political tension, with national elections scheduled for April and South Sudan due to hold a referendum in 2011 on possible secession, The Imam and the Pastor in Arabic was launched in Sudan on 16 January. The event, which took place under the theme 'Faith values are the basis for peace and coexistence', was organized by the Sudan Inter-Religious Council.  This report was sent by Alan Channer and Imad Karam, who produced the film and work with Initiatives of Change UK.

A new global coalition of faith groups concerned about climate change and the environment was launched in the Barn room of the Initiatives of Change centre in London on 14 January. Faith Climate Connect  is a free global resource and network, bringing together an interactive forum of videos, faith and climate news, scriptural references, video conferencing, instant messaging, photographs and blogs.

The short film Two men, one war, 33 years on was broadcast on CNN's Anampour Show on 12 January. It was made by Eric Trometer of Tarmak Films who says that he 'embarked on a testimony of forgiveness thanks to the teachings of the late David Channer', the pioneering British cameraman and film-maker who worked with Initiatives of Change in the UK and around the world.

Every weekday evening Channel 4 TV in the UK broadcasts a short three-minute film, under the series entitled 'three minute wonder', immediately after the main evening news. On Thursday 14 January, the 'three minute wonder' was about South Indian banker J S Parthibhan and his work to provide micro-credit to the villagers of Tamil Nadu.

The communications department of the International Caux Conferences 2010 is looking for an intern whose first language is English for the whole period of the conferences (24 June to 17 August 2010).

At the Caux Forum for Human Security in July 2009, one of four urgent priorities affecting human security for millions was ‘dealing with the global Climate Challenge’. As one outcome, a team of environmental scientists, activists and journalists formed ‘Environmental and Economic Workgroup’, who took up as their vision:

Declaring that the earth is not a ‘limitless larder’, The Rt Rev James Jones, Bishop of Liverpool, called for action on a ‘personal, parochial and political level’ to tackle the challenges of climate change. He urged that this should be an electoral issue. He was speaking in London in the week just before the Copenhagen summit on climate change.

Little has changed in the banking industry since the crash of September 2008, emphasised Paul Moore, the former head of group regulatory risk at HBOS, when he spoke to a group of bankers and others, convened by Caux Initiatives for Business in the London centre of Initiatives of Change on 10 November.