A joint symposium “Safeguarding Our Climate, Advancing Our Society” co-organized by the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) was held on 10 December 2018. The conference brought together eminent scientists and representatives of religious communities who respectively addressed the questions on the state of the art in climate change research and the ethical aspects of climate change.A joint symposium “Safeguarding Our Climate, Advancing Our Society” co-organized by the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) was held on 10 December 2018. The conference brought together eminent scientists and representatives of religious communities who respectively addressed the questions on the state of the art in climate change research and the ethical aspects of climate change.
Speakers:
| Welcome Addresses | ||||
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Chair: Jerzy Duszyński | |||
 |  | Pierre Lévy | ||
 | Stéphanie Thiébault |  | Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo | |
| Introductory Session | ||||
 | Patricia Espinosa |  | Hans Schellnhuber | |
| Session I: Latest Scientific Evidence - Drivers, Processes and Impacts | ||||
 | Chair: Paweł Rowiński | |||
 | Valerie Masson-Delmotte |  | Jacek Jania | |
 | Zbigniew Kundzewicz |  | Szymon Malinowski | |
| Session II: The Transformation Challenge – Technical, Economic and Social Dimensions | ||||
| Chair: Stéphanie Thiébault | |||
 | Veerabhadran Ramanathan |  | Franck Courchamp | |
 | Mario Molina |  | Nicholas Stern | |
| Session III: Reason and Faith - The Legacy of Pope John Paul II | ||||
 | Chair: Ottmar Edenhofer | |||
 | Agnès Michelot |  | Patrizia Nanz | |
| Bruno-Marie Duffé tbc |  | Wojciech Polak | |
| Heinrich Bedford-Strohm |  | John Chryssavgis | |
| Closing remarks | ||||
 | Chair: Laurence Tubiana | |||
| Jerzy Duszyński | | Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo | |
| Stéphanie Thiébault | |||
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