Ireland and Global Warming
16 February 2008
About 80 delegates attended "Ireland and Global Warming", a one-day conference organised by Christians in Science Ireland, looking at the evidence and impact of global warming worldwide, at the relevance of global warming for Ireland, and at the issues global warming raises for Christians. The conference was held in the Spires Conference Centre in Belfast.
Audio recordings
Prof. Sir John Houghton's presentation (mp3, 52 Mb)
Prof. John Sweeney's presentation (mp3, 51 Mb)
Prof. Bob White's presentation (mp3, 49 Mb)
Questions and Answers (mp3, 45 Mb)
Slide presentations
Prof. Sir John Houghton's presentation (pdf, 2.9 Mb)
Prof. John Sweeney's presentation (pdf, 6.7 Mb)
Prof. Bob White's presentation (pdf, 2.9 Mb)
Report in the April 2008 Presbyterian Herald
Trying to Keep Our Cool (pdf, 94 kb)
Photos
Photos taken at the conference are available here!
Programme
| 10.15 - 11.00 | Registration |
| 11.00 - 12.00 |
Prof. Sir John Houghton FRS
 Former Chair/Co-chair of the Scientific Assessment Working Group of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and President of the John Ray Initiative "Global warming: a global emergency" |
| 12.00 - 13.00 |
Prof. John Sweeney
 Director of ICARUS (Irish Climate Analysis and Research Units) and Professor of Geography, National University of Ireland, Maynooth "Global warming: its impact on Ireland" |
| 13.00 - 14.00 | Free time to get lunch in Belfast |
| 14.00 - 15.00 |
Prof. Bob White FRS
 Associate Director of the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion and Professor of Geophysics, Cambridge University "Global warming: a Christian response" |
| 15.00 - 16.00 | Questions and answers Time to ask questions to each of the speakers |
Links
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- An Inconvenient Truth
- The Nobel Peace Prize 2007
- "Global Warming, Climate Change and Sustainability: Challenge to Scientists, Policy-makers and Christians" by Sir John Houghton, 2007: pdf (3.9 Mb).
- Nick Spencer & Robert White: "Christianity, Climate Change and Sustainable Living", SPCK (2007): order online.
- "Climate change controversies: a simple guide" by The Royal Society, 2007:
html, pdf (707 kb). - "For tomorrow too" by Tearfund, 2005: pdf (1.0 Mb), or order online.
- Christian environmental links
- Irish Committee on Climate Change