Pope urges Climate Change forum: 'follow fair and integral ecology'

Oct 12th, 2015

President Evo Morales

Pope Francis has urged participants at an international Climate Change Conference to be guided by the "principles of a fair and integral ecology" that takes people into account. In a message signed on his behalf by Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Pope expressed his encouragement for the initiative and sent greetings to the organizers and participants of the Second World Conference on Climate Change taking place in the Bolivian city of Tiquipaya.

The three-day conference end today, Monday, October 12.

It was convened by Bolivian President Evo Morales to collect the contributions of social movements on the issue of climate change, and it will make known its findings at the XXI World Summit of the United Nations on Climate Change (cop21), to be held in Paris in December.

The World Conference sees the participation of some 6,000 people from five continents. United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, was present to deliver one of the key addresses.

Source: Vatican Radio

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