As world leaders adopt Sustainable Development Goals at the United Nations post-2015 agenda summit today, faith leaders are urging their communities to play their part to ensure that the Goals move from policy to action to transform the lives of the poorest and most vulnerable while also tackling climate change.
In his address to the UN summit, Pope Francis proposed a shift in the relationship between humanity and the planet by asserting that Creation itself has rights that needed to be protected. "It must be stated that a true 'right of the environment' does exist... Any harm done to the environment, therefore is harm done to humanity," he said.
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