COP28: Humans are Putting Life on Planet Earth Under Siege

COP28: Humans are Putting Life on Planet Earth Under Siege

Ahead of COP28 in the United Arab Emirates, Columban missionary Fr Sean McDonagh calls for binding forms of energy transition. Recently, an international group of scientists published a report in the magazine BioScience saying that “the Earth’s ‘vital signs’ are the...
Life Under Siege

Life Under Siege

Instead of pursuing war and the slaughter of thousands of people around the world we should be focused on the impact humans are having on the planet, writes Fr Sean McDonagh. Each day on our television screens hundreds of millions of people from all parts of the world...
Fast Fashion Fuels Climate Change and Poisons Our World

Fast Fashion Fuels Climate Change and Poisons Our World

We must buy less clothes Fr Sean McDonagh warns as he highlights the impact of fast fashion on our waste crisis, on those who work in the industry, and the climate cost of producing plastic-based textiles. Research published In May 2023 by the University of Exeter’s...
Godfather of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Warns of Dangers

Godfather of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Warns of Dangers

At the beginning of May 2023, Geoffrey Hinton, often portrayed as the godfather of artificial intelligence (AI), quit his job and warned about the developments in that technology, writes Columban missionary, Fr Seán McDonagh. His pioneering work and research on neural...