Laudato si’ and climate change Climate change is, not surprisingly, the most controversial and politically charged issue in Laudato si’. It has been a source of heated debate and confusion especially in the American context. In this essay I will outline everything the encyclical Laudato si’ says on climate change and then compare and […]
Tag: climate change
Book review: “Energy, Justice and Peace”
Energy, Justice and Peace Energy is perhaps one of the most overlooked global issues of our times. One of the reasons for our obliviousness is that we tend to take energy for granted. The alarm clock that woke us up this morning, the water that flowed from the tap, the food (energy!) we ate for […]
“The Church of Greenpeace”
There is a fascinating recent interview with Patrick Moore, the founder of Greenpeace and now one of its most vehement critics. See the full article here. Below some of the highlights.
2013 Climate Change Review
Roger Pielke Jr. has an excellent summary on the “state of climate change”, (view the article), given in his testimony to the House last week. The full testimony is posted here, with some of the highlights below. Also, there is an interesting confrontation item by item on the mistakes of the last IPCC assessment for anyone […]
Climate Change, IPCC reports and Pope Francis
Much has been said about climate change in recent times due to the last IPCC’s report, the Fifth Assessment Report. Here are some media articles on ABC and BBC, and a media debate about a meteorologists radical response here. Below is a video about how the information is spun to the general public. But what does […]
Pope Francis: Food Crisis, Climate change and Reaching the Poor
Pope Francis recently delivered a speech to the FAO, the UN Food and Agricultural Organization, following a long tradition. Recently the Pope spoke on the environment and mentioned the scandal of starvation in our day and age. Again he touched on this theme: It is a well-known fact that current levels of production are sufficient, yet millions […]
A Catholic scientist speaks on Climate Change
Sophie Caldecott has a wonderful inetrview with Glenn Juday, Professor of Forest Ecology at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. The interview focuses on climate change, and expresses through Juday’s ideas what a Catholic position should be. As Sophie says, he “has a refreshingly positive attitude towards the issue of global climate change.” I have spoken at […]
Europe’s Climate Change Backtrack
Today Roger Pielke Jr. published has another interesting post on climate change policy, this time on the European Parliaments recent decision to backtrack on supporting its emissions trading market. The Financial Times has a good appraisal of the situation here . In short, the article describes how the current economic situation of Europe has pushed climate […]
Catholic Symposium on Climate Change… and Hurricane Sandy
Recently a few articles have come out describing a symposium organized by the USCCB on climate change. The Conference was titled: ““A Catholic Consultation on Environmental Justice and Climate Change: Assessing Pope Benedict XVI’s Ecological Vision for the Catholic Church in the United States,” linked here, and as NCR reports, it “came about through a partnership […]
Hurricane Sandy in Climate Change Context
There have been a few recent claims that Hurricane Sandy, which has ravaged the East Coast of the US this week, is a consequence of climate change. The most notorious of these claims, though not surprising, has been Al Gore. The news media have reported this widely here, and here for example. However, a close […]