Pope Francis urges: Time to act on climate change is now

Editor:

Thank you for your editorial April 21, “A changing climate is deadlier than COVID-19.” In twin Earth Day messages, Pope Francis warned a gathering of world leaders and the global community at large that “we are at the edge” with climate change, and the time to take action is now. In both, Francis urged presidents and prime ministers to act courageously in addressing climate change and to learn from the coronavirus pandemic the need to create “a just, equitable, environmentally safe planet.”

“Both the global catastrophes, Covid and climate change, prove that we do not have time to wait,” Francis said. “Time urges us, and as COVID-19 demonstrated, we do have the tools to face the loss. We have the instruments. This is the moment to act. We need to ensure that the environment is cleaner, purer and that it is conserved. We must care for nature so that nature may care for us.”

Francis said it was an initiative that puts all of humanity on a path toward better stewardship of nature and accomplishing goals of the Paris

Agreement.

Father Paul Magnano

La Conner