'You are making the future today', Pope tells youth climate activists

Pope Francis holds the weekly general audience at the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican, September 29, 2021. REUTERS/Remo Casilli

MILAN (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Wednesday praised youth climate campaigners for their efforts to tackle global warming and encouraged them to carry on with their work "for the good of humanity".

Thousands of young activists have converged on Milan this week for a Youth4Climate event, with some 400, from about 190 countries, due to engage with policymakers to hammer out proposals for tackling climate change.