US President begins 5-day trip to Europe
The US President has met the Pope in Rome, where leaders of the world's nations are holding talks this weekend.
Joe Biden is in Rome for the G20 summit, he will then travel to Glasgow for the COP26 conference, where nations will discuss cutting emissions.
Climate change is high up on their agenda ahead of next week's big conference in Glasgow.
Tweeting about the upcoming conference, Pope Francis said, "Climate change can be faced with a renewed sense of shared responsibility".
Climate change can be faced with a renewed sense of shared responsibility for our world, and an effective solidarity based on justice, a sense of our common destiny and a recognition of the unity of our human family in God’s plan for the world. #Faiths4COP26
— Pope Francis – ARCHIVE (@Pontifex266Arch) October 29, 2021
The United Nations' summit aims to see big commitments towards achieving emission targets.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says there's a "serious risk" it won't deliver results:
Italian economist and politician Michele Geraci has used models of rising sea levels to focus the minds of policy makers:
First images from President Biden’s meeting with Pope Francis, via the Vatican pic.twitter.com/F5xLvaL53Q
— Kevin Liptak (@Kevinliptakcnn) October 29, 2021
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