Wednesday 20 November – 7pm – The Affluent and the Climate & Nature Crises: a focus for advocacy and hope with Ian Christie
Ian Christie is a co-investigator at the Centre for Understanding Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP). He writes…..“The climate crisis and the destruction of biodiversity affect the poor and vulnerable of the world disproportionately. And the rise in greenhouse gas emissions and large-scale development are driven disproportionally by the interests, decisions and values of the most affluent people on Earth. This means, among hundreds of millions of people, ME.
If we are to get near to a tolerable stabilisation of the climate system and the beginnings of nature recovery, we need the support, resources and commitment of the affluent and the very wealthy, or at least of a critical mass of such people, worldwide and especially in the West. However, this means that such people need to undergo a process of what the Pope has called ecological conversion, embracing a greater contribution to the common good and willingly making what will feel to them like sacrifices of money, time and consumption. How can this happen?
I don’t know – but I have a few ideas.”
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