2014 AAR Presidential Address: Interrupting Your Life: An Ethics for the Coming Storm

Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Academy of Religion 2016. This work is written by (a) US Government employee(s) and is in the public domain in the US.The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a report today that says the effects of climate change a...

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Published in:Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Main Author: Zoloth, Laurie 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press [2016]
In: Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Climatic change / Environmental ethics
RelBib Classification:AA Study of religion
AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics
ZC Politics in general
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Summary:Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Academy of Religion 2016. This work is written by (a) US Government employee(s) and is in the public domain in the US.The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a report today that says the effects of climate change are already occurring on all continents and across the oceans. The world, in many cases, is ill-prepared for risks from a changing climate. The report also concludes that there are opportunities to respond to such risks, though the risks will be difficult to manage with high levels of warming.The UNIPCC issued a final report, saying human influence on the climate system is clear and growing, with impacts observed on all continents. If left unchecked, climate change will increase the likelihood of severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts for people and ecosystems. The gathering risks of climate change are so...
ISSN:1477-4585
Contains:Enthalten in: American Academy of Religion, Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/jaarel/lfv093