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Living with Respect for Creation

Living with Respect for Creation. Choosing Justice Over Empire. The Plan. The Climate Change Story Climate Crisis as a Justice Issue Moving Forward. The Climate Change Story. How Does Carbon Get into the Atmosphere?. How Does Carbon Get into the Atmosphere?. The Climate Change Story.

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Living with Respect for Creation

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  1. Living with Respect for Creation • Choosing Justice Over Empire

  2. The Plan • The Climate Change Story • Climate Crisis as a • Justice Issue • Moving Forward

  3. The Climate Change Story

  4. How Does Carbon Get into the Atmosphere?

  5. How Does Carbon Get into the Atmosphere?

  6. The Climate Change Story • The Earth has a finite carbon budget • The Magic Numbers • 280 • 390 • 350

  7. Climate Change in the Arctic

  8. Species Extinction Climate Change • 150 species lost per day • 15 - 37% of species will disappear by 2050

  9. Some of the Effects

  10. Climate Change Vulnerability Index

  11. 75 - 80% of the damage caused by Global Warming will be suffered by developing countries; the majority of the world’s population Cause & Effect Justin Lin, Chief Economist of the World Bank

  12. Climate Change Vulnerability Index

  13. Climate Change in the Global South • Higher impact because • warmer weather • greater reliance on agriculture • do not have the resources to adapt • sensitive to higher or lower rainfall

  14. So Who’s Responsible?

  15. Wealth and Responsibility

  16. Our Carbon Foot Prints USA China India Canada

  17. International Talks Copenhagen & Beyond • US refused to sign Kyoto unless India & China also limited emissions • Copenhagen • goal: 2 C increase • result: 4 C increase • Poorest countries signing to get $100 billion promised

  18. How Would You Describe This Situation?

  19. “If you drive your car into your neighbour’s living room, don’t you owe your neighbour something? On this planet we’re driving the climate car into our neighbour’s living room, and they don’t have insurance and we do.”Peter Gleik, Pacific Insitutute

  20. Empire

  21. What do you think of when you think of Empire?

  22. What do you think of when you think of Empire?

  23. The Unfinished Wheel CORE PERIPHERY

  24. A Word-based Definition “Empire is the convergence of economic, political, cultural, geographic and military imperial interests, systems and networks that seek to dominate political power and economic wealth. It typically forces and facilitates the flow of wealth and power from vulnerable persons, communities and countries to the more powerful.”

  25. Do you see similarities between the system responsible for the climate crisis & these definitions of Empire?

  26. To help increase our ability to do complex analysis of systems. • Can be applied to different domains: food, consumerism, militarism... • The focus is the impact of systems on people. “Empire” Lens as a Tool

  27. Sometimes we see more...

  28. ...when we change lenses

  29. historical responsibility • ecological debt • polluter pays • all share the sky Putting it Together: Climate Justice

  30. ...in concrete terms • People living in poverty have a right to develop • survival emissions vs. luxury emissions • We took more than our share & now asked • to stop over-consuming & over-polluting • for $600 billion / year

  31. The earth does not have enough for the North to live better and better, but it does have enough for all to live well. • Evo Morales, • President of Bolivia

  32. Looking for Places to Start

  33. By unleashing a collective genius of those around us to creatively and proactively design our energy descent, we can build ways of living that are more connected, more enriching, and that recognize the biological limits of the planet. • the Transition Towns Initiative

  34. Broader Action

  35. Thank You

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