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June 8, 2017

World ignores warming, pollution of oceans at own peril, say speakers at U.N.

Ghanaian Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Vatican's Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, speaks during a dialogue on minimizing and addressing ocean acidification June 6 at the U.N. Ocean Conference in New York City. The high-level conference, held June 5-9, coincided with World Oceans Day, observed June 8.

UNITED NATIONS – If left unchecked, warming, pollution, and acidification of the world's oceans will have drastic socio-ecological consequences, particularly for people who depend on the water for their livelihoods, according to speakers at the June 5-9 Ocean Conference at the United Nations.

Published in Vatican
September 24, 2014

Vatican official calls for shared responsibility in protecting planet

Men navigate in search of plastic containers to pick out of the polluted waters of the Tiete River in Santana do Parnaiba, Brazil. In a statement during the UN Climate Summit, Cardinal Pietro Parolin observed that "warming of the climate system is unequivocal. It is a very serious problem which ... has grave consequences for the most vulnerable sectors of society and, clearly, for future generations."

UNITED NATIONS - A sense of "shared responsibility to protect our planet and the human family" must influence how nations react to the reality of climate change, the Vatican's secretary of state told the United Nations Sept. 23.

Published in International