Our Common Home: An Ethical Summons to Tackle Climate Change
September 28鈥揙ctober 1, 2015
This conference explored the implications of Pope Francis鈥檚 newly released聽encyclical on the environment and climate change,聽鈥淟audato Si' (Praised Be): On Care for our Common Home.鈥�
Distinguished presenters聽over four days聽discussed how the moral voice of faith communities can offer distinct contributions to address climate change, as well as the national and international policy implications of the international climate conference (COP21) held in Paris, and theological considerations of the encyclical.聽
Cosponsored by the Jesuit Institute, the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life, Catholic Climate Covenant, Catholic Studies Interdisciplinary Minor, CRS Student Ambassadors, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Economics Honors Program, EcoPledge, Environmental Studies Program, International Studies Program, School of Theology and Ministry, Sociology Department, Sustain51茶馆, Theology Department, and University Mission and Ministry. Generously supported by a grant from the Boston College Institute for Liberal Arts.