Overview

• In his first major environmental address, Pope Leo urged citizens, NGOs and advocacy groups to push governments for rigorous regulations, procedures and controls.
• He rebuked those who deride climate science and framed care for creation as integral to Christian faith, days after President Donald Trump called global warming a con job.
• Organizers launched a Laudato Si’ 10 pledge to channel commitments into COP30 in Brazil next month and to press for stronger national targets.
• The Vatican is advancing a large solar farm intended to supply its electricity and make Vatican City the first carbon-neutral state, alongside a new ecological training center at Castel Gandolfo.
• Arnold Schwarzenegger endorsed the initiative, calling the Church’s 1.4 billion members a force to “terminate pollution” and urging practical local action.