Posted on 04/29/2015 12:22:58 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
The Vatican has gathered religious leaders, scientists, politicians and businessmen under one roof to agree that acting on climate change is a "moral and religious imperative for humanity".
This was the essence of a declaration signed by the attendees of a one-day meeting hosted yesterday by the Holy See. It outlines a vision for the future of the planet, including the adoption of low-carbon energy systems, a shift of investment away from the military and towards sustainable development, and the transfer of money from the rich to the poor.
The meeting was organised by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences - academic bodies under the auspices of the Pope that seek to combine scientific and spiritual values.
Today, these institutions released their own report, designed to accompany the declaration and to support a forthcoming encyclical on climate change authored by Pope Francis.
The report is entitled "Climate change and the common good: a statement of the problem and the demand for transformative solutions". It was prepared by a selection of high-profile scientists and economists, including Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University and Hans Joachim Schellnhuber of the Potsdam Institute.
After outlining the history of climate change and its expected impacts, the document gives a set of proposals for how to deal with the problem. Unlike the declaration, it did not need to be sanctioned by the politicians and businesspeople in attendance, meaning the authors could afford to be more specific and, arguably, less consensual in their recommendations.
The Pontifical academies join the growing call from campaigners, politicians and scientists alike for emissions to be reduced to zero.
However, the report is unclear on whether carbon emissions should be reduced to "near-zero" or "net-zero" by around 2070, demanding both at different points in the text.
(Excerpt) Read more at carbonbrief.org ...
You cannot have a “zero carbon world” numb-nuts: because the only way to have a zero carbon world would be to kill everyone off! O wait - I think I just exposed the plan.
It’s worse than that. People exhale carbon dioxide all the time making us “evil polluters” to the morons who crusade against emissions of carbon.
Hey Francis, what about Jesus?
A zero-carbon world won’t have any humans in it - or any other known forms of life, either, for that matter.
In the 1980s, Communism was defeated by a conservative President, strong conservative British Prime Minister and conservative pope.
In the 2010s, civilization is threatened by a liberal German Prime Minister, socialist US president and communist pope.
How?
I was being facetious.
Mistranslated is the standard defense for Pope Che.
He physically did something stupid last year and I posted it was a mistranslation, to many chuckles.
From our house to yours: mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa for his election. All this too shall pass away! So will he.
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