In an exclusive recorded message to the BBC, Pope Francis called on world leaders to meet next week at the United Nations Climate Conference in Glasgow to provide solutions and “effective answers” to the environmental emergency and to give “firm hope” to future generations.
The pope, who spoke exclusively to the BBC from the Vatican, said the Govt-19 infection andClimate change And urged the world to respond to them with far-sighted and serious decisions, so as not to “waste” the opportunities presented by economic problems, and current challenges.
“We can deal with these crises through isolation, security and the use of opportunities, or we can find in them the real opportunity for change,” Pope said.
Pope Benedict XVI called for a “renewed sense of responsibility shared with our world”, saying “each of us – whoever and wherever – can play a role in changing our collective response to the unprecedented threat of climate change. The destruction of our common home.”
The Pope will then meet with US President Joe Biden at the Vatican. Biden’s internal climate policies have been put on hold even after his party postponed a vote on his spending plans.
The letter is a reminder of Pope Francis’ focus on protecting the environment since taking office.
He repeatedly raised the climate crisis in his speeches, and in 2015 published a public or papal document entitled Laudato Si in which he focused on the issue.
In the text of the letter, in a verse about caring for our common home, the Pope condemned environmental destruction and stressed the need for mitigation measures, undoubtedly emphasizing that climate change is largely man-made.
The letter was released ahead of the 2015 United Nations Climate Conference on COP21 in Paris, and was seen as having some influence in pushing leaders towards an agreement.
The news was brought up during debates, including by the President of Paraguay, who spoke of the Pope’s dramatic warning that “we are facing a crisis and must protect the world on which we depend for a lifetime.”
World leaders are preparing for this year’s COP26 (COP26) Climate Summit, six years after the 2015 United Nations Climate Conference in Glasgow, Paris.
Pope Francis has re-focused on the issue, with growing evidence that his promises in Paris to sustain global warming have not been fulfilled, indicating that “global temperatures will reach 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels.” I hope his intervention will have the same effect.
Earlier this month, Pope Benedict summoned nearly 40 religious leaders from around the world to the Vatican to sign a joint appeal calling for a 26th climate change summit to honor pledges to support global warming and carbon neutrality (zero crayon emissions) and support for poorer nations. Need to switch to clean energy. In return, religious leaders promise to educate and inform their faithful followers about the climate emergency.
Pope Glasgow is expected to attend the conference, he told reporters this summer. But at the last minute, the Vatican announced that the 84-year-old pope would not attend without giving a reason.
It was a blow to the COP26 organizers, who hoped his visit would add weight to the summit, which has been dubbed the “best last chance in the world to curb climate change.”
The news, therefore, was addressed by the BBC, with the aim of conveying his orders from a distance.
In his message, Al-Bab said, “Every crisis requires a vision to rethink the future of the world,” emphasizing “serious results” and “a renewed sense of shared responsibility for our world.”
“The most important lesson we can learn from these crises is that we must work together and build together so that we have no boundaries, barriers or political walls to hide behind,” he stressed.
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Climate change is one of the most pressing issues in the world. Governments must promise more ambitious reductions in greenhouse gases if they are to prevent global warming.
The Glasgow Summit is seen as a place of change. We need to keep track of the promises made by the world’s largest polluters, such as the United States and China, and whether the poorest nations are getting the support they need.
Our lives can change. Top-down decisions can affect our jobs, the way we heat our homes, what we eat, and how we travel.
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