UN Climate Chief: Pope’s encyclical may have ‘major impact’ on climate talks
"I do think the encyclical is going to have a major impact," Figueres, the head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat, said at the end of June 1-11 talks in Bonn, Germany, about a U.N. deal due to be agreed in Paris in December.
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U.N.’s climate chief said on Thursday.
“Pope Francis is personally committed to this issue like no other pope before him,” Christiana Figueres told a news conference at June 1-11 talks on a deal to combat climate change due to be agreed in Paris in December.