1. Bending the Curve of Climate Change: Why Do We Need an Alliance Between Science, Religion Veerabhadran (Ram) Ramanathan Solving the Climate Change Problem: Alliance Between Science, Religion & Policy In Pursuit of the Common Good T HE L UMEN C HRISTI I NSTITUTE F OR C ATHOLIC T HOUGHT, CHICAGO M AY 19, 2016

2. 15 AUGUST 1980 Prediction Warming Due To CO 2 Should Be Detectable By Year 2000 JUDGING A THEORY BY ITS PREDICTIONS

3. Ramanathan & Xu, 2010; Ram & Victor, 2010; Ram & Press, 2015 The Two Levers Approach For Bending The Curve CO 2 Lever SLCPS Lever DECARBONIZE CUT SLCPS TAKE OUT CO2 One Trillion Tons

4. Why Bring in Religion? Ethical And Moral Issues Inter-Generational Equity: Generations Unborn Will be affected Beyond 2100 Intra-Generational Equity : Asymmetry Between Those Who Emit CO 2 And Those Who Will Suffer The Consequences Of Climate Change}.

5. One Billion Live With Seemingly Unlimited Access To Fossil Fuels.. The Bottom 3 Billion Lack Access To Fossil Fuels Even For Cooking Two Separate But Co-dependent Worlds

6. ……. International In Scope, Multi-racial In Composition, And Non- sectarian In Its Choice Of Members. The Pontifical Academy of Sciences has its roots in the Academy of the Lynxes (Accademia dei Lincei) which was founded in Rome in 1603 as the first exclusively scientific academy in the world.

7. Veerabhadran Ramanathan Scripps Institution of Oceanography University of California at San Diego, CA 92037 The Two Worlds Approach for Mitigating Air Pollution and Climate Change

8. Sustainable Relationship With Nature Requires Change In Attitude Toward Nature And Towards Each Other And Therefore Requires Moral Leadership. Unanimous Conclusion of the Science-Religion Conclave

9. May 2014 …………..More than fifty-percent of climate pollution is caused by the wealthy one billion people, yet the negative impacts of Climate Change will be disproportionately felt by the three billion who have no access to energy.

10. Finding ways to develop a sustainable relationship with our planet requires not only the engagement of scientists, political leaders and civil societies, but ultimately also a moral revolution. Religious institutions can and should take the lead on bringing about such a new attitude towards Creation. Dasgupta and Ramanathan, SCIENCE, 2014

11. New Alliance Between Science, Religion & Policy With Mayors & Governors from Around the World Modern Slavery and Climate Change: : Commitment of Cities July21, 2015

12. 12 Today… we have to realize that a true ecological approach always becomes a social approach; it must integrate questions of justice in debates on the environment, so as to hear both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor. -- Pope Francis, Laudato Si Climate Justice

13. A Joint Project Between UCSD/TERI/NEXLEAF Wireless Sensors Connected To Internet Of Things Creates Results Based Climate Financing

14. May 12, 2016

15. We Can Still Solve The Problem It Is A $450 Problem Public Support For Drastic Actions Is Not There Faith Leaders Can Play A Transformative Role Bottom Three Billion Need Clean Energy Access Individual Actions Can Have a Huge Effect Thank You