The Pope has articulated a need to change the way society thinks about economic growth, but it is implausible to rely primarily on moral conversion to solve our environmental and social ills.
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Wright, E. Sociological limitations of the climate change encyclical. Nature Clim Change 5, 902–903 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2797
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