The main media outlets in Italy and the Vatican continue to focus their attention on the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), held in Azerbaijan.
AZERTAC informs that ANSA, “Rai”, AGI, “La Repubblica”, “Sky TG24”, “il Giornale”, “Qui Finanza”, “il Dolomiti”, “Italia Oggi”, “il Sole 24 ore”, in the materials published on sites such as “il Fatto Quotidiano”, “AgenSIR”, “Roma Sette”, “Green and Blue”, “Faro di Roma”, the speech of the Italian Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni at the COP29 Leaders Summit in Baku, in the At the same time, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, the Pope, included the ideas from Francis’ speech to the Summit participants.
The articles state that Giorgio Meloni expressed his satisfaction at seeing Azerbaijan as president of COP29, which is considered part of the climate initiative for the sake of peace. The prime minister noted that Italy pays attention not only to renewable sources, but also to natural gas, biofuels, hydrogen and carbon capture and storage. Ciorcia Meloni highlighted the importance of adopting a new climate finance target at COP29.
The materials mentioned that Pope Francis called on countries to implement a new financial architecture in his speech to the audience at COP29, the main climate summit. The Pontiff stressed that he hopes that COP29 will generate an ambitious agreement that will lead to truly inclusive development.
The Pope said that no further delays are allowed in the fight against climate change and that the protection of the environment is closely related to the preservation of peace. He said the summit could produce a new collective quantitative target on climate finance, one of the most urgent tasks: “The principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and corresponding opportunities guides and inspires the work of COP29.”
