Vatican City, Jan 25, 2021 / 08:30 am
The Vatican Secretary of State has called for a new model of development built on "the synergistic bond" between the fight against climate change and the struggle against poverty.
In a video message to the Climate Adaptation Summit taking place online Jan. 25-26, Cardinal Pietro Parolin said that climate change is "one of the principal challenges facing humanity in our day."
"This is a moral and humanitarian imperative, especially since the greatest negative consequences of climate change often affect the most vulnerable: the poor and future generations," the cardinal said.
"While the poor are the least responsible for global warming, they are the most likely to be affected, since they have the least adaptive capacity and often live in geographical areas which are particularly at risk."