Overview

• Speaking at Castel Gandolfo, the pope called on citizens and advocacy groups to put pressure on governments to adopt more rigorous regulations, procedures and controls.
• He rebuked climate skeptics who deride the science and ridicule warnings about warming, days after President Donald Trump labeled climate change a “con job.”
• Organizers unveiled a Laudato Si’ 10 pledge to collect non-state commitments that will be delivered to negotiators at next month’s COP30 summit in Brazil.
• Arnold Schwarzenegger headlined the Vatican briefing, urging 1.4 billion Catholics to help “terminate pollution” and emphasizing local action over federal politics.
• The Vatican underscored plans for a major solar farm to supply its electricity and make Vatican City carbon neutral, signaling concrete steps alongside moral appeals.