Pope Francis has blasted
the international community's weak response to the climate
crisis in his message to participants at the COP 25 United
Nations Conference on Climate in Madrid.
"On December 12, 2015, the COP 21 adopted the Paris
Agreement, the implementation of which 'will require concerted
commitment and generous dedication by each one'," read the
message, which the Vatican released on Wednesday.
"Its rapid entry into force, in less than a year, and the
numerous meetings and debates aimed at reflecting on one of the
main challenges for humanity, that of climate change, and at
identifying the best ways to implement the Paris Agreement,
showed a growing awareness on the part of the various actors of
the international community of the importance and need to 'work
together in building our common home'.
"Sadly, after four years, we must admit that this awareness
is still rather weak, unable to respond adequately to that
strong sense of urgency for rapid action called for by the
scientific data at our disposal, such as those described by the
recent Special Reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC).
"These studies show that the current commitments made by
States to mitigate and adapt to climate change are far from
those actually needed to achieve the goals set by the Paris
Agreement.
"They demonstrate how far words are from concrete actions!"
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