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Encyclical on Climate Change and Inequality: On Care for Our Common Home
Encyclical on Climate Change and Inequality On Care for Our Common Home Author:Pope Francis The complete text of the landmark encyclical letter from Pope Francis that, as Time magazine reported, ?rocked the international community? — In the Encyclical on Climate Change and Inequality, the beloved Pope exhorts the world to combat environmental degradation and its impact on the poor. In a stirring, clarion call that is not merely aimed... more » at Catholic readers but rather at a wide, lay audience, the Pope cites the overwhelming scientific evidence of climate change, and does not hesitate to detail how it is the result of a historic level of unequal distribution of wealth.
It is, in short, as the New York Times labeled it, ?An urgent call to action . . . intended to persuade followers around the world change their behavior, in hopes of protecting a fragile planet.?
With an insightful and informative introduction by Harvard professor Naomi Oreskes, famed for her bestselling Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming.« less
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