(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 10 - Pope Francis on Sunday urged leaders taking part in the COP29 climate summit opening Monday in the capital of Azerbaijan Baku to give an effective contribution in protecting the environment.
    The pontiff said during his Angelus address that he hoped the UN climate conference - the 29th leadership gathering to address global warming since the first Conference of the Parties in 1995 - "will give an effective contribution to the safeguard of our common home".
    The pontiff recalled the three-year anniversary of the Laudato si' Action Platform, created following his 2015 Encyclical Laudato si', which vies to promote the safeguard of the environment placing human beings at the centre, with the most vulnerable often bearing the brunt of climate change. (ANSA).