Pope Renews Appeal for Protection of Creation as UN Climate Conference Opens

(31 August 09-RV) For a second time in just one week Pope Benedict has called for more to be done for the protection of Creation. In his Angelus address yesterday, he particularly encouraged industrialised countries to work together so that the poorest populations are not the ones to bear the heaviest burden for climate change.
Pope Benedict was looking towards a conference that opened today at the United Nations in Geneva.
René Gommes is a Senior Officer at the UN’s Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization. He told Linda Bordoni that getting long term forecasts right is key to helping prevent ruined crops and stave of starvation for many poor nations: