To save the planet, we need faith, ethics, science and economics [View all]

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From the article:

As the world approaches a tipping point in the climate change crisis, many people finally appear to be waking up to the need for radical change, although the Trump administration is still pushing in the opposite direction.


Dealing with climate change will require an ethical vision, solid science and good economic policies. The absence of any of these three could consign our response to failure.

If the Earth is an icon where we can see the face of God, then defacing it is a sacrilege. If we are all God’s children, then we must protect each other from harm. If you contribute to global warming, then you may be consigned to the fires of hell.

But an ethical and religious vision is insufficient without solid science. Science tells us what is causing global warming: CO2 and other greenhouse gases caused by human activity. Science tells us what the impact of global warming will be: melting ice caps and rising sea levels; melting glaciers and disruption of weather patterns and water supplies; disruption of agriculture; and extermination of millions of species of animals, plants and insects.

To read more:

https://religionnews.com/2019/09/25/to-save-the-planet-we-need-faith-ethics-science-and-economics/