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David Titley gives talk

David Titley talk warns of climate change conflicts

Before beginning a climate change talk to a sold-out Salem City Club crowd on Friday, Dr. David Titley gave the audience a warning about his speech: “There’s not going to be a whole lot of polar bears.”

Not that Titley has a problem with polar bears. But, as he told about 120 people in the Willamette Heritage Center, he thinks too much talk about climate change prioritizes pretty polar bears over another pained populace: people.

Read the full article at The Statesman Journal here: http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2014/11/21/david-titley-talk-warns-climate-change-conflicts/19369053/

Villanova panel speaks on climate change.

Human and economic impact of climate change studied at Villanova

Close to 40 people gathered at Villanova University Tuesday night, Nov. 11, for the “Faith and Environment Panel: Empowering the Care of Creation” in which three speakers discussed climate change in relation to faith, national security and poverty.

Click here to read the full article: http://catholicphilly.com/2014/11/news/local-news/human-and-economic-impact-of-climate-change-studied-at-villanova/

David W. Titley shows how temperatures have risen.

Panelists give human face to climate change

At its heart, climate change is not about stranded polar bears on rapidly diminishing ice sheets; it is an issue of human life and well-being that hits the vulnerable the hardest. That was the overarching message of a three-person panel discussion at Marymount University in Arlington Oct. 22.

Entitled “Catholics and Climate Change: Faith, Security and Health Perspectives,” the event was in part a response to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ support of a national carbon pollution standard and call to build solutions to climate change on a foundation of economic and social justice.

Click here to read the full article at the Catholic Herald: http://catholicherald.com/stories/Panelists-give-human-face-to-climate-change,27443