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European bishops address global warming Print E-mail
EarthFriday 14 November 2008

European bishops say Christians should lead the way in using the climate change issue as an opportunity to analyze societal practices and return to the true values in life.
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World food security: climate change and bioenergy Print E-mail
FAO logoFriday 17 October 2008
 
Pope Benedict XVI has written a Message to Jacques Diouf, director general of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) for the occasion of World Food Day, an annual event organised by the FAO held every 16 October.
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US Bishops give voice to poor in climate change debate Print E-mail
ImageFriday 23 May 2008

The US bishops are again emphasising that the developed world has to help change the fact that those who contribute least to climate change are those who suffer most from it.
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Holy See joins international ozone treaties Print E-mail
Archbishop Celestino MiglioreWednesday 7 May 2008

The Holy See joined its voice to international treaties aiming to protect the ozone layer.

Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the Holy See's permanent observer to the United Nations, deposited the Instrument of Accession to the "Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer"; to the "Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer" and to its four amendments, London (1990), Copenhagen (1992), Montreal (1997) and Beijing (1999).
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Vatican's address to UN on Climate Change Print E-mail

Monday 14 May 2007

Here is the address Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the Holy See's permanent observer to the United Nations, delivered 10 May to the 15th session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development of the Economic and Social Council on "Turning Political Commitments Into Action, Working Together in Partnership."

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Archbishop: current energy model must change Print E-mail

Monday 14 May 2007 

The Holy See told the United Nations that present models of consumption must be changed to address the double challenge of climate change and the ever greater energy demands.

Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the Holy See's permanent observer to the United Nations, participated in the 15th session of the Commission on Sustainable Development entitled "Turning Political Commitments Into Action, Working Together in Partnership" on 10 May.

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