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june 2008 Facing up to the heatDr Paula Clifford believes Christian thinking points to the need for urgent and radical action against climate change
I was recently challenged by a speaker from the floor at a crowded public debate on climate change. “I came here tonight by bike not by car; I recycle everything possible; I grow my own food; and I don’t even believe in climate change. You have got everything out of proportion – you are simply scaremongering.”
Quite apart from his sceptical view of climate scientists, my questioner had an implicit warning for us. Recycling, using a bicycle and so on are good things to do. Arguably they make the world a better place, but they will not save the planet.
If we kid ourselves that they will, then I believe we are as guilty of climate change denial as those who say the scientists have got it wrong.
This article is continued in the June 08 edition of Reform.
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