Catholic Responses to Peacebuilding, Climate Change, and Extractive Industries

• Main Authors: Holden, William N., Nadeau, Kathleen
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: extractivism; climate change; climate injustice; green house gases; Laudato Si; peacebuilding; preferential option for the poor; social justice; solar power; structural violence; subsidiarity; sustainability
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/budhi/vol24/iss2/4; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/budhi/article/1488/viewcontent/Budhi_2024.2_204_20Article_20__20Holden.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

The paper overviews the Catholic response to addressing climate change-related problems and its peacekeeping efforts in the conflict zones impacted by natural and manmade disasters. It argues for the importance of transforming the dominant economic paradigm based on extracting natural resources...