{"id":1107,"date":"2007-11-04T11:31:24","date_gmt":"2007-11-04T10:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rad.net.nz\/blog\/archives\/94"},"modified":"2007-11-04T11:31:24","modified_gmt":"2007-11-04T10:31:24","slug":"the-ethics-of-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rad.net.nz\/radiescent\/2007\/11\/04\/the-ethics-of-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ethics of Climate Change"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is a forthcoming conference on “The Ethics of Climate Change”<\/a> to be held in Oxford. Here is the advance reading list. Sadly I’m not going to the conference myself. It sponsored by The Tablet & The Pastoral Review<\/p>\n

I. The Science of Climate Change & General Information <\/strong><\/p>\n

Flannery, Tim, Weather Makers<\/a> (London: Penguin Books, 2007)
\nMaslin, Mark, Global Warming: A Very Short Introduction<\/a> (Oxford: OUP, 2004)<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\/<\/a>
\nThe UN\u2019s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change leads scientific research on climate change<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.metoffice.gov.uk\/research\/hadleycentre\/index.html<\/a>
\nUK Met. Office Hadley Centre\u2019s fact sheets & FAQs<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.defra.gov.uk\/environment\/climatechange\/index.htm<\/a>
\nUK Environmental Department\u2019s fact sheets & FAQs<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/climatechange\/<\/a>
\nUSA Environment Protection Agency\u2019s fact sheets & FAQs<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.climatescience.gov\/<\/a>
\nUSA Climate Change Science Program\u2019s site<\/p>\n

http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/environment\/climat\/home_en.htm<\/a>
\nThe European Commission\u2019s site on climate change<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.antarctica.ac.uk\/Key_Topics\/Climate_Change\/<\/a>
\nBritish Antarctic Survey\u2019s pages on climate change<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.eci.ox.ac.uk\/<\/a>
\nOxford University Environmental Change Institute<\/p>\n

http:\/\/realclimate.org\/
\n<\/a> \u2018Climate science from climate scientists\u2019 \u2013 a comprehensive site<\/p>\n

http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/sci\/tech\/portal\/climate_change\/default.stm<\/a>
\nBBC\u2019s website on climate change \u2013 accessible and good links<\/p>\n

http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/news\/science\/topics\/globalwarming\/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier<\/a>
\nNew York Times\u2019 pages on climate change<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.globalwarmingart.com\/wiki\/Statements_on_Climate_Change<\/a>
\nSummary of statements on climate change by various scientific bodies<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.whfreeman.com\/ruddiman\/<\/a>
\nWilliam F. Ruddiman on the science of climate change<\/p>\n

II. Sceptics of Climate Change
\n<\/strong>
\n http:\/\/www.worldclimatereport.com\/<\/a>
\nA blog that \u201cpoints out the weaknesses and outright fallacies in the science that is being touted as \u2018proof\u2019 of disastrous warming\u201d. \u2018World Climate Report\u2019 has become what \u2018Nature\u2019 magazine now calls the \u201cmainstream skeptic\u201d point of view.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.sepp.org\/<\/a>
\nScience & Environmental Policy Project\u2019s site<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.co2science.org\/scripts\/CO2ScienceB2C\/Index.jsp<\/a>
\nThe Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change was created to \u201cdisseminate factual reports and sound commentary on new developments in the world-wide scientific quest to determine the climatic and biological consequences of the ongoing rise in the air’s CO2 content\u201d.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/epw.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Blogs&ContentRecord_id=927b9303-802a-23ad-494b-dccb00b51a12<\/a>
\nUS Senate Committee on Environment & Public works blogs on prominent scientists who have become sceptical about climate change<\/p>\n

http:\/\/newsbusters.org\/node\/12628<\/a>
\nReport by \u2018Die Spiegel\u2019 magazine on the sceptical position regarding climate change<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.ornery.org\/essays\/warwatch\/2007-03-04-1.html<\/a>
\nOrson Scott Card summarises the sceptical viewpoint<\/p>\n

http:\/\/environment.newscientist.com\/channel\/earth\/climate-change\/dn11462<\/a>
\n\u2018New Scientist\u2019 response to climate change sceptics<\/p>\n

III. General Studies on Ethics and Climate Change<\/strong><\/p>\n

Esty, Daniel & Winston, Andrew, Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage<\/a> (Yale: Yale U.P., 2006)
\nGardner, Stephen, Ethics and Global Climate Change in Ethics<\/em> 114 (April 2004)
\nGore, Al, <a href=”http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0743572025?ie=UTF8&tag=r06c-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0743572025″>An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It<\/a><img src=”http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=r06c-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0743572025″ width=”1″ height=”1″ border=”0″ alt=”” style=”border:none !important; margin:0px !important;” \/> (New York: Bloomsbury, 2006)
\nLovelock, James, Gaia (Oxford: Oxford Paperbacks, 2000)
\nLovejoy, Thomas & Hanneh, Lee, Climate Change &7 Biodiversity (Yale: Yale U.P., 2006)
\nMonbiot, George, Heat: how we can stop the planet burning (London: Penguin, 2007)
\nSpencer, Nick & White, Robert, Christianity, Climate Change & Sustainable Living (London: SPCK, 2007)<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.hm-treasury.gov.uk\/independent_reviews\/stern_review_economics_climate_change\/sternreview_index.cfm<\/a>
\nStern report: The Economics of Climate Change, Cambridge University Press<\/p>\n

http:\/\/rockethics.psu.edu\/climate\/whitepaper-intro.htm<\/a>
\nWhite Paper: White Paper on the Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change<\/p>\n

http:\/\/faculty.washington.edu\/smgard\/GardinerStorm06.pdf<\/a>
\nStephen Gardiner\u2019s article, “The Perfect Moral Storm: Climate Change, Intergenerational Ethics and the Problem of Corruption”<\/p>\n

http:\/\/environment.yale.edu\/climate\/working-groups\/religion-ethics\/<\/a>
\nYale project on religion and ethics of climate change<\/p>\n

IV. Christian Ethics of Climate Change <\/strong><\/p>\n

Bradstock, Andrew, Louder than Words (London: DLT, 2007), chapter 3.
\nGottlieb, Roger S., A Greener Faith (Oxford: OUP, 2006)
\nNorthcott, Michael, Moral Climate: The Ethics of Global Warming<\/a> (London: DLT, 2007)<\/p>\n

http:\/\/zenit.org\/article-14489?l=English<\/a>
\nVatican issues a \u2018Decalogue\u2019 on ethics & environment<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.rsesymposia.org\/<\/a>
\n\u2018Religion, Science & Environment\u2019 is a movement originally conceived in 1988 which has convened six symposia of scientists, environmentalists, policy-makers and representatives of the world\u2019s main religious faiths to promote environmental ethics<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.creationcare.org\/resources\/climate\/<\/a>
\nEvangelical Environmental Network & Creation Care Magazine\u2019s site on climate change<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.cafod.org.uk\/about_cafod\/what_we_do\/environment<\/a>
\nCAFOD\u2019s pages on environmental justice<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.ecen.org\/cms\/index.php?page=home<\/a>
\nEuropean Christian Environmental Network<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.christian-ecology.org.uk\/<\/a>
\nChristian Ecology Link is a multi-denominational UK Christian organisation for people concerned about the Environment<\/p>\n

http:\/\/conservation.catholic.org\/background.htm<\/a>
\nCatholic Conservation Center\u2019s site<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.climatestewards.org.uk\/index.php<\/a>
\nA Rocha International is an international conservation organization working to show God\u2019s love for all creation<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.christian-aid.org.uk\/climatechange\/index.htm<\/a>
\nChristian Aid\u2019s campaign against climate change<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.yale.edu\/reflections\/<\/a>
\n\u2018God\u2019s Green Earth\u2019 from Reflections<\/em>, a journal of the Yale Divinity School<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.cliftondiocese.com\/dynamic_images\/527_1dlp.pdf<\/a>
\n\u2018The Pope and the Iceberg\u2019 by Mary Colwell (BBC Natural History unit)<\/p>\n

V. Statements of the Catholic hierarchy <\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/holyseemission.org\/10May2007.html<\/a>
\nHoly See\u2019s statement to the UN\u2019s Commission on Sustainable Development<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.justpax.it\/pcgp\/eng\/home_eng.html<\/a>
\nPontifical Council for Justice & Peace \u2013 various statements and documents on climate change<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.usccb.org\/sdwp\/ejp\/climate\/index.shtml<\/a>
\nUS Bishops\u2019 Conference pages on Climate Change Justice<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.aenet.org\/haribon\/bishops.htm<\/a>
\nPhilippine Bishops\u2019 Conference statement on Environmental Justice<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.evangelical-catholicism.com\/2007\/04\/what-is-holy-sees-current-position-on_27.html<\/a>
\nA good summary (with links) by a blogger on Church\u2019s position regarding climate change; also a good debate there on the sceptical response<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.catholicearthcareoz.net\/conference.html<\/a>
\nPapers given at a Conference supported by the Australian Bishops\u2019 Conference<\/p>\n

VI. Climate change news & blogs <\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/climateark.org\/<\/a>
\nClimate change search engine<\/p>\n

http:\/\/environment.guardian.co.uk\/climatechange<\/a>
\nThe Guardian\u2019s daily climate change and environment news pages<\/p>\n

http:\/\/environment.newscientist.com\/channel\/earth\/climate-change\/<\/a>
\nNew Scientist site with daily news & commentary on climate change issues<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.climatefriendly.com\/<\/a>
\nCarbon calculator etc<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.climate.org\/climate_main.shtml<\/a>
\nThe Climate Institute\u2019s site with links, news and fact sheets<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.climatepolicy.org\/<\/a>
\nA blog maintained by the American Meteorological Society<\/p>\n

VII. Sustainable Development <\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.un.org\/esa\/sustdev\/<\/a>
\nUN Division for sustainable development<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.sustainable-development.gov.uk\/<\/a>
\nUK Government\u2019s guide to sustainable development<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.sd-commission.org.uk\/<\/a>
\nUK Sustainable Development Commission<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.nef.org.uk\/energyadvice\/index.htm<\/a>
\nUK National Energy Foundation advice<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.ulb.ac.be\/ceese\/meta\/sustvl.html<\/a>
\nComprehensive links site for sustainable development issues \u2013 maintained by the Center for Economic and Social Studies on the Environment (Brussels)<\/p>\n

http:\/\/topics.developmentgateway.org\/special\/climate-change<\/a>
\nThe Development Gateway Foundation links to various sites on sustainable development and the Third World<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.forumforthefuture.org.uk\/<\/a>
\nForum for the Future works in partnership with over 120 leading organisations in business and the public sector for just and sustainable development<\/p>\n

VIII. Other organisations
\n<\/strong>
\nhttp:\/\/www.ieep.eu\/index.php<\/a>
\nThe Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) is an independent and influential centre for the analysis and development of policies affecting the environment in Europe and beyond<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.jri.org.uk\/<\/a>
\nThe John Ray Initiative: connecting Environment, Science and Christianity<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.oecd.org<\/a>
\nThe Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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