Religion

You and others seem to be arguing that Catholics don't listen to the Pope and do whatever they want. If I grant that what you say is true, then the point many people here are making is that it isn't important that he wants to solve climate change. Catholics may or may not listen to him.

Of course, you and I both know that the reality is that people want to say that what the Pope says is awesome when it looks (important word is "looks" because he has done NOTHING to change RCC doctrine) progressive but when he says things that are distinctly not progressive (and actually in line with RCC doctrine) like gender identity is from the devil or that it is a sin to use any contraception, then it doesn't matter what he says.

I think he's anti-progressive and not someone we should ever look up to. YMMV.