Several church bodies have co-operated to organiser a visit by Professor Katharine Hayhoe to the island of Ireland in March.
Professor Hayhoe, from Texas Tech University, is regarded as one of the foremost communicators about climate change in the world today. She is also a passionate advocate for Christian engagement with the issues of climate change and climate justice. She has been named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People, and a UN Champion of the Earth.
Prof. Katharine Hayhoe, a climate scientist and a leading science communicator, will be touring Ireland to deliver secular and faith-based talks on the topic of climate change. Katharine is a professor in the Department of Political Science, a director of the Climate Center, and an associate in the Public Health program of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Texas Tech University. A remarkable communicator about climate change (as in her widely viewed TED talk, for example), she is also an impassioned advocate for Christian engagement with climate.
Katharine has received numerous and diverse accolades for her work in communicating the science of climate change. Among others, she has been named to Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People (2014), Foreign Policy’s 100 Leading Thinkers (2014 & 2019), Huffington Post’s 20 Climate Champions (2015), and FORTUNE magazine’s World’s Greatest Leaders (2017). She was named a United Nation’s Champion of the Earth (2019) and one of Christianity Today’s 50 Women to Watch (2012).
The visit of Professor Hayhoe will be a chance for Christians throughout Ireland to join with her in untangling the complex science and highlighting the role faith and values play in shaping our actions in this vital area.
As part of her visit, Professor Hayhoe will give the 2020 ETS Walton Lectures on Science and Religion in Cork on Monday, 9th March, and Maynooth on Friday, 13th March, and the Church of Ireland Theological Lecture and Religious Studies Research Forum public lecture at Queen’s University Belfast on Wednesday, 11th March – tickets for which are now sold out.
The Walton Lectures are being organised by Christians in Science Ireland in collaboration with UCC Christian Union and Trócaire. For more information on the lectures, please visit the Christians in Science Ireland website: [ www.cis.org.uk/ireland ]
The Church of Ireland Board of Education provides funding for the Church of Ireland Theological Lecture at Queen’s.
A full programme of Professor Hayhoe’s visit is available on the Eco–Congregation Ireland website – [[] https://www.ecocongregationireland.com/ ]
Christians, climate, and our culture around the world
Monday, 9th March 2020
8.00pm, University College Cork
Talking Climate: Why facts are not enough
Wednesday, 11th March 2020 – tickets sold out
6.00pm, Queen’s University Belfast
Climate change: Facts, fictions, and our faith
Friday, 13th March 2020
7.00pm, National University of Ireland Maynooth
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