Are you expecting any 180 degree reversals in position between now and it's official release?
All I know is what the press has been feeding us, which is usually less than accurate. Who knows? The thing might be full of hogwash, or it might just be a pastoral commentary on protecting the environment. I don’t know.
He's not, but when it comes out he'll get off the whole "it's a draft thing" and move on to "It was mistranslated."
That's my thought. Also, there's a supposed claim in the encyclical that 'studies' show this climate change position to be true.
I do think those relevant studies should be made public, so the rest of us can determine if these are adequate studies and that they've been properly interpreted. After all, the Vatican is not a science department.
Also, the part that this teaching will be elevated to the magisterium suggests it is a teaching that cannot be ignored (or even protested?).
I cannot emphasize how much I think this to be a mistake given the fluid nature of this area of study.