Global Warming

Barry University and the Center for Earth Jurisprudence joined forces to present “Global Warming, What Can Be Done?” on October 28, 2008. Throughout the day, students and the wider public attended sessions presented by scientists, lawyers, theologians, economists and other experts. Insightful discussions surrounded climate change treaty obligations, insatiable consumerism and global warming, Earth jurisprudence and eco-centric perspectives about global warming, and theological perspectives about shifting attitudes beyond dominion toward stewardship. Bill McKibben, author of “The End of Nature,” presented the keynote address in which he offered his views about climate change and outlined needed steps to be taken at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP 14) in Poznan, Poland, Dec. 1 - 12, 2008. For more information about McKibben’s presentation, visit Grist at http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/10/31/163112/36?source=daily.