EU bishops’ commission: UN climate summit is ‘great forward step’ for mankind
December 16, 2015
The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community has issued a statement welcoming the agreement achieved at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris.
“The adoption of the framework convention of the UN on climate change (CCNUCC) by 195 countries in Paris on 12 December represents a great forward step for humanity as a whole,” said Father Patrick Daly, COMECE’s general secretary.
“For many men and women in our world today, the threat of climate change has become a matter of sheer survival, while virtually every inhabitant of the planet is aware of the danger climate change poses,” he continued.
Father Daly added:
It was therefore vital for all humanity that an agreement be reached in Paris … COMECE hopes this agreement is speedily ratified. The Church and its faithful need to be vigilant to see that the commitments signed up to by the states are translated into concrete action.
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