The Pope goes Green
17 June 2015
On Thursday the Vatican published Pope Francis’s long-awaited encyclical on the environment, which warns of ‘serious consequences’ if the world does not act on climate change.
The Pope has warned of an “unprecedented destruction of ecosystems” and “serious consequences for all of us” if humanity fails to act on climate change, in his encyclical on the environment, published by the Vatican on Thursday.
Senior Catholic figures in the US and UK have said the Pope’s central message is: what sort of world do we want to leave for future generations?
The UN secretary general, the World Bank president, plus the heads of the UN climate talks and the UN environment programme have all welcomed the encyclical, along with scores of charities and faith groups.
(from The Guardian)
Read a summary of the main points of the encyclical, or the full text (180 pages).
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