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    You are at:Home»Governance & Unity News»Replay of Halki Summit IV: COVID-19 and Climate Change — Living with and Learning from a Pandemic

    Replay of Halki Summit IV: COVID-19 and Climate Change — Living with and Learning from a Pandemic

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    By Webmaster on January 31, 2021 Governance & Unity News, Governance Top Stories, Orthodox News, Orthodox News Top Stories
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    Source: Halki Summit IV

    COVID-19 has lowered global carbon emissions, but it hasn’t slowed climate change. Our response to COVID-19 has precipitated the discovery of a vaccine, but it has left the world with a staggering number of deaths.

    The pandemic of Covid-19 has permanently affected our planet and altered our lives. The world has wrestled to survive and learned to live with the coronavirus. But what are the lessons that we have learned? What has been the impact on nature and the environment? What have been the implications for healthcare? And what have we understood about the relevance and importance of science?


    Impact on Nature

    Originally aired on January 26, 2021 @ 8:00 PM EST

    The novel coronavirus is a global human and ecological crisis. Covid-19 is a stark reminder of our failed relationship with nature. Loss of wildlife and natural habitats, as well as the repercussions of such losses on poorer and indigenous communities, are exacerbated by infectious diseases. What does climate change teach us about the coronavirus? How does the coronavirus affect climate change? What have we learned and what have we yet to learn about this pandemic or how the social, economic, and ecological impacts can be mitigated?

    Speakers:
    Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew | Text of Keynote Address
    Bill McKibben
    Jeffrey Sachs
    Mary Evelyn Tucker

    Importance of Science

    Originally aired on January 27, 2021 @ 8:00 PM EST

    While politics and science – and by analogy, religion and science – do not always mix well, the pandemic has compelled them to enter a relationship, even if with some regret or resistance. How have governments responded to scientists and the science of Covid-19? How have churches responded to scientists and the science of Covid-19? Does a vaccine solve all our problems? Are we prepared to make necessary changes in our lives? How has Covid-19 affected science and technology, as well as our perception of science and religion?

    Speakers:
    Metropolitan John of Pergamon | Text of Message
    Nadia Abuelezam
    Katharine Hayhoe
    Gayle Woloschak

    Implications for Health

    Originally aired on January 28, 2021 @ 8:00 PM EST

    As the novel coronavirus affects the lives of millions of people throughout the world, rising above national boundaries and racial differences, it has invariably left an indelible mark on matters of public health and mental health. What is the importance of coordination and cooperation, of mandatory lockdowns and social distancing, as well as of leadership and support? And what is the tradeoff between health and economy? What is the appropriate response to – and what have we learned about – the need to care for people?

    Speakers:
    Sotiris Tsiodras
    Metropolitan Nathanael of Chicago
    Sandra Mathoslah
    George Stavros

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    2 Comments

    1. Nick Stamatakis on February 4, 2021 2:19 pm

      https://www.helleniscope.com/2021/02/02/patriarchate-and-climate-change-a-misguided-unscientific-godless-venture/

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      • Peter on February 7, 2021 4:59 pm

        Global warming is not a “left-wing socialist/Marxist conspiracy; it’s a fact verified by more than 97% who agree that climate change is caused by human activity.

        Also, to clarify any misconceptions possibly raised by the “Helleniscope.com” site, data published on this topic on the following site explains these misunderstandings on the warming of the planet.

        The melting of glaciers, the continued reduction of the polar ice fields, the rising of the seas, and temperatures reaching well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit in the Southwest and even in Siberia are not indicators that the earth is cooling and that it’s all a left-wing conspiracy. I applaud Patriarch Bartholomew’s campaign to address this life-threatening crisis and I wish him “pola ta eti”.

        https://www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-what-greenland-ice-cores-say-about-past-and-present-climate-change

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