American leaders attended a global conference on environmental issues at The Vatican to focus on human adaptation, not just trying to mitigate climate change. (The Conversation) — American leaders, including California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Massachusetts Gov.
Maura Healy, attended a global conference on environmental issues May 15-17. The host? The Vatican. The summit, “From Climate Crisis to Climate Resilience,” focused on human adaptation, not just trying to mitigate climate change.
“We need to embark on building climate resilience so that people can bend the emissions curve and bounce back from the climate crisis safer, healthier, wealthier to a sustainable world,” the Pontifical Academy of Sciences said in a statement announcing the workshop. Pope Francis waves as he leaves after attending his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, Sept.
27, 2023 .(AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca) ORG XMIT: XLB113 The Catholic Church might seem a surprising institution to convene a climate change event. But many saints, activists and religious leaders have called on their faith to inspire care for the Earth.
Pope Francis in particular has been vocal about the risks of climate change, especially its impact on the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people. Here are five aspects about Francis’ views — and Catholicism’s broader relationship with the environment — that scholars have written about for The Conversation. Care for the Earth has a lo.