Calls to conversion in how we relate to God, self, others as part of the Earth
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Eco-Congregation Scotland is a movement of Scottish church congregations, of all denominations and none, committed to addressing environmental issues through their life and mission.
Church of Scotland: Addressing Climate Change
“Laudato Si'” was published by the Catholic Church, a call to hear the cries of the earth and the poor; to ecological conversion and to an integral ecology:
- Why did Pope Francis declare a climate emergency? – Global Catholic Climate Movement webinar, 4 Sep 2019
- https://www.laudatosi.org/
- https://catholicclimatemovement.global/
- http://www.humandevelopment.va/en.html
- Lauriston Centre Lockdown talks 2020
Human-caused global change....The Ecological Emergency
Met Office report published August 2020
if the preliminary measurement of 54.4C taken in Death Valley in August 2020 holds up then there’s at least a plausible argument that it’s
the hottest ever recorded: https://blogs.agu.org/wildwildscience/2020/08/17/did-we-break-the-planetary-temperature-record-sunday-probably-so/
How will climate change affect Scotland?
- See the summary of the latest science undertaken for the Scottish Government by Edinburgh-based ClimateXChange.
- https://www.adaptationscotland.org.uk/why-adapt/impacts-scotland
Climate disruption – best term to use?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2015/03/12/forget-global-warming-and-climate-change-call-it-climate-disruption/#6857828550e2
COP26 https://www.ukcop26.org/
The UN conference on climate change, Paris, 2016
UK report: State of Nature UK report 2016, The State of Nature in the UK and its Overseas Territories.
A Carbon Footprint Calculator http://www.carbonfootprint.com/calculator.aspx
Links to resources to help with raising awareness of Climate Change, from “Hope for the Future” https://www.hftf.org.uk/
Carbon Brief is a UK-based website covering the latest developments in climate science, climate policy and energy policy: https://www.carbonbrief.org
The harm humans do it to more than the climate…..
Its about more than the
food insecurity http://www.fao.org/publications/sofi/2020/en/
deforestation
soil degradation
resource overuse
The links between global changes, sustainability and poverty
UN Sustainable Development Goals
Guardian article on a UN report (17 October 2016)
World bank:Climate change complicates efforts to end poverty
National Geographic: See what climate change means for the World’s Poor
Laudato Si – Pope Francis, https://laudatosi.com/watch
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