Tag: encyclical

6th May 2016

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by Nigel Baker

Ambassador to the Holy See (2011-2016)

Pope Francis wins UK Green Ribbon award

COP21 conference, Le Bourget, France

The Green Ribbon awards are amongst Britain’s most prestigious environmental awards. They are awarded by The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM), the leading independent Chartered professional body for water and environment professionals, which promotes excellence within the sector. They have been presented since 1993, and aim to celebrate the greatest environmental achievements […]

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19th January 2016

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by Nigel Baker

Ambassador to the Holy See (2011-2016)

Life Chances: Laudato Si’ half a year on

Pope Francis’s encyclical letter Laudato Si’  – On Care for our Common Home was released to the public seven months ago. A lot has happened in the interim. Most important was an ambitious new global climate agreement secured in Paris in December, welcomed and pushed for by the British government, at which 180 countries representing […]

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21st May 2015

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by Nigel Baker

Ambassador to the Holy See (2011-2016)

Church, government, business: a climate change alliance

This week I attended an important conference at the Pontifical Santa Croce University, on “The New Climate Economy. How Economic Growth and Sustainability Can Go Hand in Hand”. It was jointly organised by the Dutch Embassy to the Holy See and the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, and brought together leading political figures, business […]

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22nd January 2014

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by Nigel Baker

Ambassador to the Holy See (2011-2016)

Economics and the Pope

The World Economic Forum opens every year in January in the Swiss resort of Davos. Britain, as usual, will be sending a strong delegation led by the Prime Minister. It is one of the principal opportunities during the year when government, business, journalists and thinkers can gather to discuss the state of the world’s economy […]

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