Carbon pricing "essential" to stem global warming, pope tells energy leaders
June 14, 2019 at 08:05 AM EDT
Pope Francis said on Friday that carbon pricing, used by many governments to make energy consumers pay for the costs of burning fossil fuels, was "essential" to stem climate change. The comment, the Pope's clearest statement to date on the issue, was made in an address to leaders of the world's top energy companies at the end of a two-day meeting.