Fischler, F and Edenhoffer, O and Foucald, J.B and Golser, K and Karski,, L and Kromb-Kolb, H and Kreuter-Kirchof, C and Sweeney, John and van Ypersele, J.P and Zamagni, S (2008) A Christian view on Climate Change. The implications of climate change for lifestyles and EU policies. A report to the Bishops of COMECE. Discussion Paper. Commission of the Bishop's Conferences of the European Community, Brussels Belgium.

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Abstract

Climate change poses an increasing threat to the well-being of humanity both for present and future generations. In fact, it is increasingly understood to have become a question of survival for a large part of mankind. The scientific community is overwhelmingly convinced that ongoing climate change is caused primarily by the increase of man-made greenhouse gas emissions and by the over-consumption of natural resources as a result of the lifestyles of the industralised societies, the societal and economic systems underlying these lifestlyles and the increasing pressure this puts on people and resources in the developing world. This reports agrees that the issue goes beyond climate change: it is simply a visible symptom of the non-sustainability of our way of life. Meeting the challenge of climate change must therefore be seen in the context of sustainability in a just world offering an equal sense of well-being to peoples all over the world and over all the generations of mankind.

Item Type:	Monograph (Discussion Paper)
Keywords:	climate change; sustainability; societal and economic systems;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Geography Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Institutes > Irish Climate Analysis and Research Units, ICARUS
Item ID:	18806
Depositing User:	Prof. John Sweeney
Date Deposited:	23 Aug 2024 08:40
Publisher:	Commission of the Bishop's Conferences of the European Community
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Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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