On 28 April 2015 religious, climate experts and world leaders met at the Vatican for a conference on climate change. They have issued a final statement, declaring that “human-induced climate change is a scientific reality” and “its decisive mitigation is a moral and religious imperative for humanity.”

The statement says that humans have the technological and financial means, and the know-how, to combat human-induced climate change, while at the same time eliminating global poverty. The Workshop, entitled “Protect the Earth, Dignify Humanity: The Moral Dimensions of Climate Change and Sustainable Humanity” was organized by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, SDSN and Religions for Peace.

Read the meeting final declaration published by Vatican Radio.

Photo credit: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meets with Pope Francis at the Vatican on 28 April 2015/UN Photo,Mark Garten.