Pope: "UN Climate Summit Will Be a Turning Point for Energy Transition"

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Pope Francis stated on the 27th (local time) that the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28), to be held on the 1st of next month in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), could be a turning point for the energy transition.

On the same day, the Pope said through X (formerly Twitter), "If we believe in the human capacity to think beyond petty interests and think on a macro scale, we cannot give up the dream that #COP28 will lead to an acceleration of the energy transition," adding, "This conference could be a turning point." Pope Francis is scheduled to attend COP28 from the 1st to the 3rd of next month and deliver a speech.

Since his inauguration in 2013, Pope Francis has consistently urged the reduction of carbon emissions to address the climate crisis. In 2015, he promulgated the ecological encyclical "Laudato Si," which deals with climate change issues threatening humanity's survival. This approximately 200-page encyclical sparked global debate to an unprecedented extent for a religious document.

In October of this year, as a follow-up to "Laudato Si," the Pope attracted worldwide attention by releasing a new exhortation after eight years titled "Laudate Deum." In this exhortation, the Pope emphasized that global warming is one of the major challenges facing the planet and stressed that humanity has little time left to prevent climate collapse.

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