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When Cardinal Pietro Parolin addressed world leaders in the first days of COP27, the United Nations climate change summit held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, he did so on equal footing with the heads of state assembled before him.
The speech marked the first for the Holy See as a formal party to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change — the United Nations body that convenes the annual climate conference, facilitates international negotiations to limit and prepare for the impacts of a rapidly heating world, and oversees the Paris Agreement. With that 2015 pact, nearly every country on Earth — including, as of last month, the Vatican city-state — committed to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.
In his remarks Nov. 8 during the world leaders’ summit, Parolin, the Vatican’s top diplomat as secretary of state, said joining both the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris accord was an “important step” and consistent with Pope Francis’ pledge in December 2020 that the Holy See will reach net-zero emissions no later than 2050.
“By acceding to the convention and the Paris Agreement, the Holy See is even more committed to moving forward on this journey together, for the common good of humanity and especially on behalf of our youth, who are looking to us to care for present and future generations,” the cardinal said.
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The speech marked the first for the Holy See as a formal party to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change — the United Nations body that convenes the annual climate conference, facilitates international negotiations to limit and prepare for the impacts of a rapidly heating world, and oversees the Paris Agreement. With that 2015 pact, nearly every country on Earth — including, as of last month, the Vatican city-state — committed to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.
In his remarks Nov. 8 during the world leaders’ summit, Parolin, the Vatican’s top diplomat as secretary of state, said joining both the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris accord was an “important step” and consistent with Pope Francis’ pledge in December 2020 that the Holy See will reach net-zero emissions no later than 2050.
“By acceding to the convention and the Paris Agreement, the Holy See is even more committed to moving forward on this journey together, for the common good of humanity and especially on behalf of our youth, who are looking to us to care for present and future generations,” the cardinal said.
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