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Positive Steps Don’t Depend on Global Accord: Holy See
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, DEC. 18, 2009 (Zenit.org).- The biggest climate change talks of history wrapped up today amid a general sense of disappointment, but the Holy See had something hopeful to say.
Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the leader of the Holy See delegation in Copenhagen, and its permanent observer at the United Nations, said Thursday that the conference reiterates just how long it takes to come up with clear and firm political will.
But he said in his address to the conference, “society and local authorities did not wait for the expected political and legally binding conclusions of our meetings, which take such an incredibly long time. Instead, individuals, groups, local authorities and communities have already begun an impressive series of initiatives.”
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark, DEC. 18, 2009 (Zenit.org).- The biggest climate change talks of history wrapped up today amid a general sense of disappointment, but the Holy See had something hopeful to say.
Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the leader of the Holy See delegation in Copenhagen, and its permanent observer at the United Nations, said Thursday that the conference reiterates just how long it takes to come up with clear and firm political will.
But he said in his address to the conference, “society and local authorities did not wait for the expected political and legally binding conclusions of our meetings, which take such an incredibly long time. Instead, individuals, groups, local authorities and communities have already begun an impressive series of initiatives.”
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