Pope Francis outlined his green vision for the Vatican in his “Brother Sun” letter in June. In it, he said that solar panels would be installed on a Vatican property outside Rome and that the electricity generated from them could cover all of Vatican City's energy needs.
ADVERTISINGA new solar panel roof was inaugurated at the Vatican to provide the museum with renewable energy.
It's part of Pope Francis' plans to ensure the city-state of Rome runs entirely on green energy.
The Italian energy supplier ACEA installed the photovoltaic roof in the courtyard of the Corazze entrance in just six months.
“The most difficult thing is to integrate places and find space to build photovoltaic infrastructure that are already heavily developed,” said ACEA President Barbara Marinali.
“This is an extraordinary example of how to think, imagine and build a system that integrates with existing infrastructure.”
Pope Francis outlined his green vision for the Vatican in his “Brother Sun” letter in June.
In it, he said that solar panels would be installed on a Vatican property outside Rome and that the electricity generated from them could cover all of Vatican City's energy needs.
“It is necessary to move to a sustainable development model that reduces greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere and aims at climate neutrality,” the pope wrote.
In his letter, the Pope continued: “Humanity has the technological means to address this environmental change and its harmful ethical, social, economic and political consequences, with solar energy playing a fundamental role in these solutions.”
Pope Francis expressed his position on the climate crisis back in 2015, when he said he would “renew the dialogue” about how we “shape the future of the planet.”
“There is a strong scientific consensus pointing to worrying warming of the climate system. “In recent decades, this warming has been accompanied by a steady rise in sea levels and an increase in extreme weather events,” the pope wrote in a letter titled “Laudato Si.” ' in May 2015.
In July 2022, things were formalized when the Vatican joined the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, a global agreement between nations to combat “dangerous human interference with the climate system.”
Vatican City was set to become one of only eight countries in the world to generate 100% of its electricity from renewable sources, along with Albania, Bhutan, Nepal, Paraguay, Iceland, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
“There are commitments that the Vatican City State has made at the international level. And we not only fulfill them, but also set an example for other international realities. We will also report on this at the international level at COP 29.” “We have indicated the goals for 2030, which we are sticking to,” said Salvatore Farina from the Vatican City State Administration.