Thank you for contacting me about the comments made by Pope Francis ahead of COP28, and the briefing put together by CAFOD. Be assured that tackling climate change is already a top priority for the UK Government. The landmark Paris Agreement of 2015 aims to halt global warming at well below 2°C, while pursuing efforts to limit it to 1.5°C. Under the UK’s presidency at COP26 in Glasgow, nearly 200 countries agreed to the Glasgow Climate Pact to keep the aim of limiting temperature rises to 1.5°C alive.
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