Interesting... another quote from the article is 'In his letter to around 5,000 Catholic bishops around the world, the cardinal makes it clear that relying on political leaders to achieve environmental justice is not enough.' - the Cardinal being Peter Turkson, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. His involvement in these issues itself is quite telling - how climate change is closely linked with justice and peace globally, especially as resources are increasingly under threat, and the environment upon which many people worldwide rely on (directly) is being degraded.
But the fact that the Vatican, which can also be considered a powerful lobby, has criticised political leaders to this extent hopefully means that these leaders are feeling the increasing pressure to commit to positive change.
'The Pope has expressed his worries that the negotiating process here in Paris may fail to deliver a global agreement. He said it would be "catastrophic" if global leaders let special interest groups derail the deal.'... My sentiments exactly.
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