Pope Francis prayed this Sunday (10) for progress in protecting the planet at the COP29 climate summit.
“I hope that the climate change conference, COP29, which begins tomorrow in Baku, will make an effective contribution to the protection of our common home,” the pontiff told the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square.
Nearly 200 countries will meet November 11-22 in Baku, Azerbaijan, for the United Nations COP29 climate talks.
The draft agenda for this year’s climate summit, published last Friday (8), includes a Chinese proposal for negotiations on border carbon taxes and other “restrictive trade measures” that Beijing says harm developing countries. development.
Delegates at the conference are expected to adopt the summit agenda by consensus as their first task when COP29 negotiations begin on November 11.
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This content was originally published in Pope Francis calls for ‘effective contribution’ to protecting the planet at COP29 on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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