Anthony M. Annett scheduled for November 16/17 2016
nthony Annett is a Climate Change and Sustainable Development Advisor at the Earth Institute, Columbia University, and Religions for Peace. He works on the intersection of ethics, religion, and economics, and is a specialist in Catholic social teaching. He has acted as an advisor to the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace on economic topics, and co-authored remarks delivered by Dr. Carolyn Woo at the launch of the encyclical, Laudato Si’. He participated in on online course on Laudato Si’, produced by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, and is co-authoring a book on the encyclical for Paulist Press (with Jeffrey Sachs and William Vendley). His teaches a course on ethics and sustainable devlopment at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (with Jeffrey Sachs and William Vendley). He is also managing, writing for, and helping edit the 2016 World Happiness Report.
Prior to his current appointment, he worked at the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC for sixteen years, including as a speechwriter to two successive Managing Directors, Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Christine Lagarde. He holds a Ph.D in economics from Columbia University, and a B.A. (first class degree and gold medal) and an M.Litt from Trinity College Dublin. He is also a Knight Commander of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.
The title of Tony’s talk is " Laudato Si’ and the Moral Responsibility to protect our Common Home”.
In 2015, Pope Francis issued Laudato Si, one of the most important documents in the history of Catholic social thought. In this encyclical, he puts forward the idea of integral ecology, which suggests that how we treat creation affects how we treat our fellow human beings.
Accordingly, he identifies a related environmental and social crisis, which is degrading our common home and undermining our common humanity. In turn, he traces the root of this problem to a disordered mentality of self-centeredness, self-absorption, and instant gratification. This solution is to reconnect with each other and with creation, and this in turn calls for a different type of progress - one less reliant on limitless economic growth and the accumulation of resources and more on integral and sustainable development. This has implications for everyone - the international community, domestic politics, businesses, civil society, and churches too.
Prior to his current appointment, he worked at the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC for sixteen years, including as a speechwriter to two successive Managing Directors, Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Christine Lagarde. He holds a Ph.D in economics from Columbia University, and a B.A. (first class degree and gold medal) and an M.Litt from Trinity College Dublin. He is also a Knight Commander of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.
The title of Tony’s talk is " Laudato Si’ and the Moral Responsibility to protect our Common Home”.
In 2015, Pope Francis issued Laudato Si, one of the most important documents in the history of Catholic social thought. In this encyclical, he puts forward the idea of integral ecology, which suggests that how we treat creation affects how we treat our fellow human beings.
Accordingly, he identifies a related environmental and social crisis, which is degrading our common home and undermining our common humanity. In turn, he traces the root of this problem to a disordered mentality of self-centeredness, self-absorption, and instant gratification. This solution is to reconnect with each other and with creation, and this in turn calls for a different type of progress - one less reliant on limitless economic growth and the accumulation of resources and more on integral and sustainable development. This has implications for everyone - the international community, domestic politics, businesses, civil society, and churches too.
- Here is the poster announcing Tony's speech and the associated program: PDF
- Here is the final program: PDF
- Here are the notes Tony used to deliver his highly effective speech PDF
- Here are some links to Tony's essays and videos:
- MOOC on Laudato Si’: https://www.sdsnedu.org/learn/laudato-si-on-care-for-our-common-home-september-2015
- Essays in Commonweal and America magazines:
