Paris agreement Archives

African youth challenged to do more to fight climate change

Church in Africa
Jul 20, 2019

An international conference in Nairobi on Laudato Si’ – the 2015 environmental encyclical by Pope Francis — ended on Wednesday with young people of different faiths being challenged to take concrete action against the degradation of humanity’s “common home.”

Pope to oil execs: We don’t ‘have the luxury’ to wait to fight climate change

Vatican
Jun 14, 2019

Speaking to oil company executives, Pope Francis on Friday said that climate change “threatens the very future” of humanity, adding that the “doomsday predictions” can no longer be met with disdain.

In 2018, Catholics spearheaded efforts in response to climate change

Catholic News Service, Global Church
Dec 31, 2018

Catholic organizations called for greater personal responsibility in tackling climate change and stepped up their advocacy in opposing the rollback of U.S. environmental regulations during the last year.

Vatican dissatisfied Poland climate summit downplayed human rights

Catholic News Agency, Vatican
Dec 19, 2018

In a statement Wednesday, the Vatican said the rules for implementing the Paris Agreement, established during the recent UN climate change summit in Poland earlier this month, are lacking in urgency and in proper concern for human rights.

Catholic groups raise concerns that climate rulebook not ambitious enough

Catholic News Service, Church in Europe
Dec 17, 2018

Catholic participants and observers criticized a “lack of ambition” by government negotiators at a U.N. conference on climate change that ended Dec. 15 with agreement on a rulebook to implement the 2015 Paris climate accord.

Vatican climate negotiator looks to NGOs to override government inaction

Catholic News Service, Church in Europe
Dec 13, 2018

The Holy See’s chief delegate at the United Nations climate talks in Katowice, Poland, urged the development of stronger links among nongovernmental organizations in the drive for a final agreement as the two-week conference nears its end.