The Vatican to Become World’s First Carbon Neutral Sovereign State

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–By agreement with the Vatican, Planktos/KlimaFa is now pleased and honored to announce that the Holy See plans to become the first entirely carbon neutral sovereign state, and it has chosen KlimaFa ecorestoration offsets to achieve this historic goal. In a brief ceremony on July 5th the Vatican declared that it had gratefully accepted KlimaFa’s offer to create a new Vatican Climate Forest in Europe that will initially offset all of the Holy See’s CO2 emissions for this year.

His Most Reverend Eminence Cardinal Paul Poupard presided at the event and stated,


“As the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, had recently stated, the international community needs to respect and encourage a