Transcription of A Catholic Perspective on Climate Change
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Drought and food production in Ethiopia. Courtesy Catholic Relief Services ( Climate Change and Global Solidarity toward a Sustainable Energy Future Policy Brief, September 14, 2015).A Catholic Perspective on Climate ChangeBY JOHN COLE AND FRANK INCROPERA2 A Catholic Perspective ON Climate CHANGECONTENTS1. CATHOLICISM AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT ..32. GLOBAL WARMING: NATURAL AND human AGENTS .. Rising Temperatures .. The Global Energy Budget .. Greenhouse Gases And More ..53. Climate Change : EFFECTS ON HUMANS AND THE PLANET ..64. WHAT CAN BE DONE? .. Mitigation.
warming effect. The foregoing arguments are consistent with those made by Pope Francis in Laudato si’. The Earth is warming, and it is due to human activity. An atmospheric CO 2 concentration of 450 ppm represents a threshold beyond which an increase in the earth’s average surface temperature would eventually exceed 2°C (3.6°F).
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