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Science and religion in dialogue over the global commons

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The Pope's encyclical makes unprecedented progress in developing scientific dialogue with religion by drawing on research, and encouraging further discussion about the ethical challenge of governing the global commons.

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  1. Ottmar Edenhofer, Christian Flachsland and Brigitte Knopf are at the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC), 10829 Berlin, Germany,

    Ottmar Edenhofer, Christian Flachsland & Brigitte Knopf

  2. Ottmar Edenhofer is also at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), 14412 Potsdam, Germany, and Faculty VI, Technical University Berlin, 10623 Berlin, Germany,

    Ottmar Edenhofer

  3. Christian Flachsland is also at the Hertie School of Governance, 10117 Berlin, Germany,

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The three authors cooperate on a daily basis. They have not achieved an agreement on all relevant metaphysical claims and ethical judgements because one is Catholic and an economist, one is Protestant and a social scientist, and one is an atheist and a natural scientist. They agree at least on this text.

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Correspondence to Ottmar Edenhofer.

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Edenhofer, O., Flachsland, C. & Knopf, B. Science and religion in dialogue over the global commons. Nature Clim Change 5, 907–909 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2798

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