Mango trees, green energy and why East African planners must listen to the Pope
Pope Francis' Laudato Si encyclical’s scope is broad, perhaps the hardest hitting single climate document by a non-activist leader yet. ILLUSTRATION | JOHN NYAGAH |
When the pope, the world’s leading moral authority, issues an encyclical addressing the looming dangers of climate change and carbon emissions, it’s time for grown-ups in the room to take serious note.
The Laudato Si encyclical’s scope is broad, perhaps the hardest hitting single climate document by a non-activist leader yet. It addresses an array of climate issues in a moral light: Development aid and energy access, carbon trading, historical responsibility, the slow pace of political action and the contribution of rampant consumerism to environmental degradation. It does not mince words about fossil fuels:
