Pope Francis Key excerpts from Encyclical on the Environment Blog :
Pope Francis has issued a major Encyclical on the Environment. On care for our common home.
On Climate Change and its causes.
In recent decade this warming has been accompanied by a constant rise in the Sea Level and, it would appear, by an increase of extreme Weather Events, even if a scientifically determinable cause cannot be assigned to each phenomenon. Humanity is called to recognize the need for changes of lifestyle, production and consumption, in order to combat this warming or at least the human cause which produce or aggravate it. If the present trends continue, this century may well witness extraordinary climate change and an unprecedented destruction of ecosystems, with serious consequences for all of us. Climate Change is a Global problem with grave implications. If left unattended a Tipping Point Scenario could occur, whereby the Earth's Biosphere would alternate to a No Return Trajectory of Catastrophic Climate Chaos could decimate Earth's current life support systems.
