Overview
- Pope Leo XIV’s message in Belém urges parties to convert pledges into implementation and to reinvigorate forward-looking multilateral cooperation.
- He calls for a new human-centred international financial architecture that enables vulnerable countries and factors the link between ecological debt and foreign debt.
- Cardinal Parolin warns that time is short and cites reports indicating climate impacts now displace more people than wars.
- The delegation emphasizes education and formation as the Church’s distinctive contribution, highlighting local initiatives like children producing biogas and hospital outreach.
- Marking a decade since the Paris Agreement, Parolin presses for stronger political will and notes the Holy See’s net-zero plan and recent transparency reporting.