{"id":18949,"date":"2016-11-24T08:16:33","date_gmt":"2016-11-24T08:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=18949"},"modified":"2016-11-24T08:16:33","modified_gmt":"2016-11-24T08:16:33","slug":"pope-calls-for-action-on-climate-change-acn-malta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2016\/11\/24\/pope-calls-for-action-on-climate-change-acn-malta\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope calls for action on climate change &#8211; ACN Malta"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Pope calls for action on climate change<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a message addressed to the Moroccan minister for foreign affairs, Salaheddine Mezouar, Pope Francis said we have a \u201cgrave ethical and moral responsibility\u201d to act on climate change \u201cwithout delay.\u201d Mezouar, chaired the 22nd meeting of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Agreement on Climate Change (COP22),\u00a0 which took place in Morocco<\/p>\n<p>The Pope said that the poorest and future generations, especially, are depending on everyone setting aside particular interests and moving forward \u201cin a manner as free as possible from political and economic pressures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cThe current situation of environmental degradation, closely connected to the human, ethical and social degradation that unfortunately we experience every day, calls upon all of us, each with his or her own role and competences, and leads us to meet here with a renewed sense of awareness and responsibility,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Observing that the Paris Agreement has just gone into force, Francis said the adoption of that resolution less than a year ago \u201crepresents the important awareness that, faced with issues as complex as climate change, individual and \/ or national action is not enough; instead it is necessary to implement a responsible collective response truly intended to \u2018work together in building our common home.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Francis said that the agreement strengthens our conviction that \u201cwe can and we must employ our intelligence to guide technology, as well as to cultivate and also to limit our power, and to \u2018put it at the service of another type of progress, one which is healthier, more human, more social, more integral\u2019, able to put the economy at the service of the human person, to build peace and justice and to safeguard the environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Pope stated that awareness of our responsibility must drive each one of us to promote seriously a \u2018culture of care which permeates all society\u2019, care in relation to creation, but also for our neighbour, near or far in space and time. 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