“Compared to the past significant progress” has been made at the 17th World Climate Conference in Durban.
This is the opinion of Monsignor Mario Toso, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, regarding the summit that just concluded in South Africa.
Speaking at the conference “Towards a new humanism. Economy and social sustainability”, which was held in Rome, sponsored by the Province, Monsignor Toso said that “for the first time there is an agreement that requires all states that have signed to take immediate action against greenhouse gases.”
“Of course - he said - major countries like the United States, Canada and Japan said no, but on the other hand there was a yes from highly polluting countries like China, Brazil and India”.
“Of course - he continued - the goal of a commitment by all states is still far away and so it is important to raise the awareness of civil society on the subject”.
Toso therefore called for the establishment of “supranational agency” on ecological problems that can impose on everyone the decisions made to protect the environment “out ruling the current UNEP, a UN agency, which does not have a decisional profile.”