In his 2023 apostolic exhortation Laudate Deum, Pope Francis urged more effective international cooperation to address climate change. He argued that multilateral institutions need sufficient authority to carry out agreed objectives and called for meaningful commitments at the forthcoming COP28 climate conference. Some commentators interpreted the document as support for a powerful global governing structure. The exhortation also cautioned against concentrating world authority in one individual or elite group. The discussion raised questions about the powers and accountability of international institutions.
