Faith Affiliation, Religiosity, and Attitudes Towards the Environment and Climate Change

Sustainability and environmental issues, including the threat of global warming, are at the core of the recently adopted Sustainable Development Goals. The agreement reached at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris is encouraging. Yet at the same time, political commitment and a...

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Main Authors:	Tsimpo, Clarence, Wodon, Quentin
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2016
Subjects:	climate change Sustainable Development Goals SDGs environmental policies faith-based organizations
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25325

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spelling	okr-10986-253252021-05-25T10:54:45Z Faith Affiliation, Religiosity, and Attitudes Towards the Environment and Climate Change Tsimpo, Clarence Wodon, Quentin climate change Sustainable Development Goals SDGs environmental policies faith-based organizations Sustainability and environmental issues, including the threat of global warming, are at the core of the recently adopted Sustainable Development Goals. The agreement reached at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris is encouraging. Yet at the same time, political commitment and a willingness to make sacrifices today for longer-term benefits and the common good are often lacking. Unless decisive actions are taken, global warming is likely to have a major negative impact on populations, leading to, among other things, an increase in extreme weather shocks that can have dramatic effects for populations. The adoption of long-term ethical and spiritual perspectives by religions or religious groups is, in principle, a conducive means to transcending narrow and immediate self-interest. 2016-11-02T22:00:35Z 2016-11-02T22:00:35Z 2016-09-06 Journal Article The Review of Faith & International Affairs 1557-0274 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25325 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research
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description	Sustainability and environmental issues, including the threat of global warming, are at the core of the recently adopted Sustainable Development Goals. The agreement reached at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris is encouraging. Yet at the same time, political commitment and a willingness to make sacrifices today for longer-term benefits and the common good are often lacking. Unless decisive actions are taken, global warming is likely to have a major negative impact on populations, leading to, among other things, an increase in extreme weather shocks that can have dramatic effects for populations. The adoption of long-term ethical and spiritual perspectives by religions or religious groups is, in principle, a conducive means to transcending narrow and immediate self-interest.
format	Journal Article
author	Tsimpo, Clarence Wodon, Quentin
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title	Faith Affiliation, Religiosity, and Attitudes Towards the Environment and Climate Change
title_short	Faith Affiliation, Religiosity, and Attitudes Towards the Environment and Climate Change
title_full	Faith Affiliation, Religiosity, and Attitudes Towards the Environment and Climate Change
title_fullStr	Faith Affiliation, Religiosity, and Attitudes Towards the Environment and Climate Change
title_full_unstemmed	Faith Affiliation, Religiosity, and Attitudes Towards the Environment and Climate Change
title_sort	faith affiliation, religiosity, and attitudes towards the environment and climate change
publisher	Taylor and Francis
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url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25325
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Faith Affiliation, Religiosity, and Attitudes Towards the Environment and Climate Change

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