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Religious affairs programme, tackling thorny issues in a thought-provoking manner

Religious affairs programme, tackling the thornier issues of the day in a thought-provoking manner

All Things Considered: Climate Change

Climate Change

BBC Radio Wales - All Things Considered, Climate Change

With the threat of devastation due to a warming planet, what's to do be done and by whom?

Roy Jenkins and guests discuss the implications and potential devastation of a warming planet, and ask what's to be done and by whom.

We’ve just experienced a run of the hottest years on record.   Our recent scorching summer in the UK delighted many, while others found the unbroken days of Mediterranean sunshine a trial, and longed for autumn.  But around the world, extreme weather events have wreaked devastation with heatwaves, fires, hurricanes, floods and droughts; and melting Arctic ice caps are predicted to raise the oceans to precarious levels.
Leading scientists have spent the last week in South Korea grappling with the implications of all this in the latest gathering of the IPCC, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.   Their findings are due to be published tomorrow (8th October), and they’re expected to say that we’re dangerously close to our planet being changed forever and not for the better.   But is the situation really that serious?   What should be done and who should be doing it?  And what are the particular responsibilities of those who look at the world through the lens of a religious faith?
Joining Roy Jenkins to discuss the issues are Dr. Ruth Valerio - Environmentalist and Theologian who’s a director for the Christian relief agency Tearfund;  Mary Corfield – Event Director at the Arts Justice & Faith Festival Greenbelt, and an Event Consultant; and Dr. John Weaver, Chairman of the John Ray Initiative which connects Environment, Science and Christianity.

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