عنوان

On the Ethics of International Religious/Spiritual Gatherings and Academic Conferencing in the Era of Global Warming:

شماره

LA129592

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

On the Ethics of International Religious/Spiritual Gatherings and Academic Conferencing in the Era of Global Warming:

نام عام مواد

[Article]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

A Case Study of the Parliament of The World's Religions Melbourne 2009 - Part 2

نام نخستين پديدآور

Almut Beringer, Steven Douglas, Almut Beringer, et al.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

Global climate change and its impacts have ethical dimensions, for instance carbon footprint equity concerns. World issues, including the state of the ecosphere and biodiversity, regularly see political leaders, NGOs, business representatives, religious/spiritual organizations, academics, and others engage in international aviation-dependent meetings to address critical challenges facing humanity and the planet. Yet, climate scientists and associated advocates call for an 80% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 to cap the increase in global temperatures to 2ºC. Aviation emissions resulting from international meetings raise questions that are not silenced by GHG emissions offsetting. The era of climate change and 'peak oil' poses ethical challenges for holding international in-person religious and academic events, especially when the events propound an environmentalist concern and when aviation use is assumed. This paper raises questions regarding the ecological impacts of large international events and focuses the 'inconvenient truths' associated with international aviation in the era of global warming. The Parliament of the World's Religions, the largest multifaith gathering in the world, serves as a case study. The paper emphasizes the view that faith-based/faith-inspired organizations have a special responsibility for leadership in policy and praxis on the moral imperatives of sustainability, sustainable development and climate justice. Global climate change and its impacts have ethical dimensions, for instance carbon footprint equity concerns. World issues, including the state of the ecosphere and biodiversity, regularly see political leaders, NGOs, business representatives, religious/spiritual organizations, academics, and others engage in international aviation-dependent meetings to address critical challenges facing humanity and the planet. Yet, climate scientists and associated advocates call for an 80% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 to cap the increase in global temperatures to 2ºC. Aviation emissions resulting from international meetings raise questions that are not silenced by GHG emissions offsetting. The era of climate change and 'peak oil' poses ethical challenges for holding international in-person religious and academic events, especially when the events propound an environmentalist concern and when aviation use is assumed. This paper raises questions regarding the ecological impacts of large international events and focuses the 'inconvenient truths' associated with international aviation in the era of global warming. The Parliament of the World's Religions, the largest multifaith gathering in the world, serves as a case study. The paper emphasizes the view that faith-based/faith-inspired organizations have a special responsibility for leadership in policy and praxis on the moral imperatives of sustainability, sustainable development and climate justice.

تاريخ نشر

2013

توصيف ظاهري

187-204

عنوان

Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology

شماره جلد

17/3

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1568-5357

اصطلاح موضوعی

carbon accounting

اصطلاح موضوعی

carbon price

اصطلاح موضوعی

climate change

اصطلاح موضوعی

environmental ethics

اصطلاح موضوعی

Parliament of the World's Religions (PWR)

اصطلاح موضوعی

religion and ecology

اصطلاح موضوعی

religious environmentalism

اصطلاح موضوعی

sustainability ethics

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Almut Beringer

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Steven Douglas

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/156853511X575639

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y