Scottish bishops call for end to fossil fuels at COP29 'climate change' conference - LifeSite

GLASGOW, Scotland (LifeSiteNews) — The Catholic bishops in Scotland called on global leaders at the U.N. COP29 climate conference to “commit all nations to a rapid and just transition away from fossil fuels.” In a November 14 statement, the Bishops Conference of Scotland (BCOS) sent a plea to the national leaders and international activists currently gathered in Baku at the United Nations’ COP29 climate change conference. The forthright statement called on pressure to be exerted on all nations in order to cease using fossil fuels: To mark COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, three years after Scotland hosted COP26 in Glasgow, we, the Catholic Bishops of Scotland, encourage world leaders to agree to and establish a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty to commit all nations to a rapid and just transition away from fossil fuels. The bishops attested that such a transition was “vital to address the urgent needs of our planet and its people both in Scotland and overseas; those currently suffering from …