Pope Urges Oil Companies to Lead Clean Energy Transition in Unprecedented Vatican Conference
Pope Francis urged the leaders of big oil companies to see the light on climate change at a first-of-its kind conference held at the Vatican with oil executives, investors and Vatican experts, The Guardian reported Saturday.
“Civilisation requires energy, but energy use must not destroy civilisation,” the pope said during remarks at the end of the conference, according to The Guardian.
The current pope, who has emerged as a leader in the fight against climate change following his groundbreaking 2015 encyclical, urged the companies to lead the transition towards renewable energy and away from fossil fuels.
He said they should strive “to be the core of a group of leaders who envision the global energy transition in a way that will take into account all the peoples of the earth, as well as future generations and all species and ecosystems,” The New York Times reported.
The pope also spoke with a great sense of urgency about the coming crisis. “There is…
