Pope Francis: “I will go to Dubai for COP 28”
“Yes, I will go to Dubai. I think I will leave December 1st until December 3rd. I’ll stay there for three days. I remember that when I went to Strasbourg, to the European Parliament, and President Hollande sent Environment Minister Segolene Royal to receive me. And she asked me, ‘Are you preparing something on the environment? You should do it before the Paris meeting.’ I called some scientists here, who moved quickly. ‘Laudato sí’ was released, it came out before Paris. And the meeting in Paris was the most beautiful of all. After Paris, everyone went backward, and it takes courage to move forward in this.” (Extract from interview with Italian news programme Tg1.
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