Media monitoring has counted about 5000 online reports on the encyclical and Schellnhuber´s presentation at the Vatican. The two leading German daily newspapers published big interviews with PIK´s top representatives. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung a conversation with Schellnhuber where he discussed the political significance of the encyclical. Edenhofer explained in Süddeutsche Zeitung why the atmosphere belongs to all of humanity (sorry, no link), they also had a portrait of Schellnhuber. Another portrait was published by Tagesspiegel, and that of the Australian Sydney Morning Herald was picked up widely internationally and on Twitter and Facebook.
In an interview together with Cardinal Turkson on CNN, Schellnhuber said that the encyclical brought together reason and faith for a powerful appeal in the run-up oft the climate negotiations in Paris later this year. Tagesthemen and heute Journal interviewed him in Rome. Many international media quoted Schellnhuber and Edenhofer, among them Nature, the Guardian, the New York Times and the Washington Post. Several news agencies like dpa, Reuters and AP also covered the responses throughout the world, led by Ban Ki-moon, Obama and the World Bank. Today, German weekly Die Zeit published an opinion piece by Ottmar Edenhofer with interpretations of the encyclical.
