Pope to Attend COP28 Climate Change Conference in Dubai

Pope Francis said in an Italian television interview on Wednesday that he intends to travel to Dubai, United Arab Emirates for the COP28 climate change conference in early December. “I believe I depart on the first [of December] and stay until the 3rd. I’ll be there 3 days,” the pope said on the Italian state television network RAI in an interview broadcast on the evening of Nov. 1.