Acknowledgements
I commenced this piece whilst a visiting scholar at the Dept. of Environmental Science and Studies at DePaul University, Chicago. Special thanks to my hosts and to the participants of a discussion on the encyclical that I attended, which was convened by the Institute of Nature and Culture at DePaul. Thanks also to two anonymous referees, and to Neil Carter and Christopher Rootes for editorial assistance.
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