Climate Change
United Nations Conference on Climate Change
“Addressing the media for the first time since last month's Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Yvo de Boer said the fact that Copenhagen did not deliver the full agreement the world needs to address climate change “just makes the task more urgent.”
‘Three key things that Copenhagen produced are: 1) It raised climate change to the highest level of government; 2) The Copenhagen Accord reflects a political consensus on the long-term, global response to climate change; 3) The negotiations brought an almost full set of decisions to implement rapid climate action near to completion.” Click here for more information about this article.
Click here to read the Copenhagen Accord.
Pope Benedict XVI and the Environment
“Benedict XVI has already earned a reputation as the “green pope” because of his repeated calls for stronger environmental protection, as well as gestures such as installing solar panels atop a Vatican audience hall and signing an agreement to make the Vatican Europe’s first carbon-neutral state.” Click here for more information about this article.
Click here to read the full text of Benedict’s Message on the environment.
Women Religious and reducing Carbon Footprint
The members of The Leadership Congregation of Women Religious (LCWR) have passed a resolution to reduce their carbon footprint.
“Faithful to our calling to foster the interconnectedness of all creation and building on the strength of past resolutions and actions, we, the members of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, resolve to take measurable steps to reduce our congregational/community carbon footprint.”
Read more at the Climate Change/Environmental Section of the Social Justice Page of LCWR’s by clicking here. http://www.lcwr.org/lcwrsocialjustice/issues.htm
Books:
Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization by Lester Brown Blessed Unrest
by Paul HawkinsOur Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis by Al Gore
Our Choice: How We Can Solve the Climate Crisis (Young Readers Edition),
by Al Gore
Websites:
www.CatholicsandClimateChange.org
