Climate change is a living reality. Addressing the complex challenges of climate change requires vision and commitment by world leaders. Pope Francis’ environmental encyclical Laudato Si’ provides our global community with a vision towards acheiving sustainable futures for all. As global leaders meet in Paris COP21 to discuss the way forward on global climate policy, we’ve invited leaders in global environmental policy and interdisciplinary research approaches to environmental issues to join graduate students, professors and those from civil society to share perspectives on Pope Francis’s environmental encyclical and COP21 Paris.DATE:December 4, 2015, 15:00-18:00Venue:Sophia University, Building 2, 17th Floor Conference Room

Open forum in English

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