1 Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Vatican City: librería Editrice Vaticana, 2004 , no. 486

2 Pope Benedict XVI, Caritas in Veritate, no. 38 , 2009

3 Ibid, no. 7

4 Helm, Dieter, Environmental challenges in a warming world: consumption, costs and responsibilities, New College, Oxford, February 21 , 2009

5 ibid

6 Second Synod of Bishops, Justice in theWorld, Chap 1 no. 2, 1971

7 Pope Benedict XVI, Caritas in Veritate, no. 51 , 2009

8 Ibid, no. 50

9 Campbell-Lendrum, Diarmid, Foley, Jonathan A., Holloway, Tracey, & Patz, Jonathan A., Impact of regional climate change on human health, Nature issue 438 , pgs 310-317 , November 17, 2005

10 intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Summary for Policymakers, Working Group I, Fourth Assessment Report, Geneva, 2007

11 Changing Lives – Climate Change in DevelopingWorlds, Trocaire, Dublin, 2008

12 Nell’occhio del ciclone, Caritas italiana, Società editrice il mulino, Bologna, 2008

13 Inter-Agency Standing Committee, letter to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, April 2009

14 ibid

15 Myers, Norman, Environmental refugees: an emergent security issue, The 13th Economic Forum, Prague, 2005

16 The Guiding Principles on internal Displacement includes those who have been displaced by “natural or human-made disasters". UNHCR

17 World Health Organisation, Statement by WHO Director-General Dr. margaret Chan, The Impact of Climate Change on Human Health, April 7, 2008

18 Pontifical Biblical Commission, The Bible and Morality. Biblical Roots of Christian Conduct, German Secretariat of the German Council of Bishops, Bonn, 2008

19 A la Recherche d’une Ethique Universelle: Nouveau Regard sur la Loi Naturelle, Commission Theologique Internationale, Rome, 2009

20 Pope Benedict XVI, meeting with the clergy of the Diocese of Bolzano-Bressanone, August 6 , 2008 , http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/speeches/200 /au gust/index_en.htm

21 Handeln für die Zukunft der Schöpfung, The General Secretariat of the German Bishops’Conference, No. 70, Bonn, 1998

22 Pope Benedict XVi, Caritas in Veritate, no. 48 , 2009

23 The united States Conference of Catholic Bishops, An Invitation to Reflection and Action on Environment in Light of Catholic Social Teaching, A Pastoral Statement of the united States Catholic Conference, November 14 , 1991

24 Pope John Paul II, Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, no. 3 , 1987

25 Pope John Paul II, Peace with God the creator, peace with all of creations, message for the celebration of theWorld Day of Peace, no. 10, January , 1990

26 The Australian Catholic Bishops’Conference, A New Earth – The Environmental Challenge, Australian Catholic Bishops Statement on the Environment, The Social Justice Sunday Statement for 2002, 2002

27 Pope John Paul II, Peace with God the creator, peace with all of creations, message for the celebration of theWorld Day of Peace, no. 6 , January 1, 1990

28 The united States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Global Climate Change: A Plea for Dialogue, Prudence, and the Common Good, A Statement of the united States Conference of Catholic Bishops

29 The united States Conference of Catholic Bishops, An Invitation to Reflection and Action on Environment in Light of Catholic Social Teaching, A Pastoral Statement of the united States Catholic Conference, no. 10, 14 November , 1991

30 Pope John Paul II, Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, no. 28 , 1987

31 Pope Benedict XVI, Caritas in Veritate, no. 48 , 2009

32 The General Secretariat of German Bishops’Conference, Climate Change: A Focal Point of Global, Intergenerational and Ecological Justice, no. 43/44 , (Commission for Society and Social Affairs/Commission for international Church Affairs: 29), Bonn, 2006

33 The united States Conference of Catholic Bishops, An Invitation to Reflection and Action on Environment in Light of Catholic Social Teaching, A Pastoral Statement of the united States Catholic Conference, no. 11, November 14 , 1991

34 message Of His Holiness Pope John Paul ii for the Celebration of the World Day Of Peace, Peace With God The Creator, PeaceWith All Of Creation, January 1 , 1990

35 CIDSE (Coopération internationale pour le Développement et la Solidarité) is an international alliance of 16 Catholic development Agencies

36 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Report of the united Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the relationship between climate change and human rights (A/HRC/ 10/61 ), January 5, 2009

37 Catholic Relief Services, Climate Change and Global Solidarity, unpublished, p. 17 , not dated

38 Secretariat of the Commission of the Bishops’Conferences of the European Community (COmECE), A Christian View on Climate Change: The Implications of Climate Change for Lifestyles and EU Policies, A Report of the Bishops of COmECE, October 2008