(ANSA) - Vatican City, October 16 - Pope Francis said Monday
that a consensus was needed on fighting climate change as he
addressed a ceremony for World Food Day (#WFD2017) at the Rome
headquarters of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
"We need to change our lifestyles, the use of resources,
production and consumption patterns," the pope said.
"It is necessary to work for a concrete, practical consensus
to prevent the most tragic effects of climate change hitting the
weakest and most defenceless".
The Argentine pontiff criticised "negligence" regarding the
"delicate balances of the ecosystems" and blasted the "arrogance
of manipulating and controlling" the planet.
Francis then tweeted that "ensuring everyone's right to food
and nourishment is an imperative we cannot ignore".
"It is a right to which there are no exceptions!" he said via
the @pontifex Twitter account.
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Nourishment right for all Francis tells World Food Day ceremony