Gov. Jerry Brown talks climate change at Vatican
Updated: 1:43 PM PDT Nov 4, 2017
Courtesy: Governor's Press Office SOURCE: Courtesy: Governor's Press Office
California Gov. Jerry Brown says dealing with climate change will take not just scientific, but religious commitment.Brown spoke Saturday at a Vatican symposium on the environment, where he said faith must join technical, scientific and political approaches to limiting environmental devastation."Until religious leaders from every part of the globe and from every denomination are engaged, we're not going to be able to move aside the huge rock of indifference, complacency and inertia," Brown said. "Going forward we're going to have to find the pathway to awaken the world to get done what needs to be done."Brown has promoted California as a leader in environmental causes in the wake of President Donald Trump's rejection of U.S. participation in international climate accords."This is not just a top down structure that we have in the United States, there are many elements," Brown said. "Over time, given the commitments that we're seeing in this room today and what we're seeing around the world, the Trump factor is very small."The governor is in Europe for 11 days of climate change talks. He's attending a U.N. climate change conference in Germany as a special adviser for states and regions.
VATICAN CITY (AP) —
California Gov. Jerry Brown says dealing with climate change will take not just scientific, but religious commitment.
Brown spoke Saturday at a Vatican symposium on the environment, where he said faith must join technical, scientific and political approaches to limiting environmental devastation.
"Until religious leaders from every part of the globe and from every denomination are engaged, we're not going to be able to move aside the huge rock of indifference, complacency and inertia," Brown said. "Going forward we're going to have to find the pathway to awaken the world to get done what needs to be done."
Brown has promoted California as a leader in environmental causes in the wake of President Donald Trump's rejection of U.S. participation in international climate accords.
"This is not just a top down structure that we have in the United States, there are many elements," Brown said. "Over time, given the commitments that we're seeing in this room today and what we're seeing around the world, the Trump factor is very small."
The governor is in Europe for 11 days of climate change talks. He's attending a U.N. climate change conference in Germany as a special adviser for states and regions.