FRONTLINES


SUSTAINABILITY


ABOUT THE WEATHER


TALKING


Loyola leads the way in discussion and action on climate change


4 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO


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icture this: The year is 2050, and the earth’s population has increased from 7 billion to more


than 9 billion people. We know the warming of the planet results in droughts, floods, food insecu- rity, and political instability. What will life be like for our children and grandchildren? Will there be enough food and water? These tough questions were


posed by climate justice activist Mary Robinson to a packed audi- torium at Loyola’s fourth annual Climate Change Conference in


March. Robinson, who served as the first female president of Ireland from 1990 to 1997 and the United Nations High Commission- er for Human Rights from 1997 to 2002, emphasized in her keynote address that climate change is a battle we can’t lose. But she also offered an optimistic outlook for the future. “We have to have hope,” Robinson said. “Hope is what gives you the energy to make a difference, to find that not necessarily is the glass half full, but that there’s something in the glass you can build on.” Much of the difference being


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