Gov. Healey to give keynote address at Vatican Climate Conference this week

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey's trip to speak at a Vatican climate summit this week will include an audience with the pope, but the governor also plans to tend to the Bay State's business ties with Italy while she's there.

Italy is Massachusetts' 10th-largest global trading partner, with a total of $2.05 billion in trade between the state and country in 2023, Healey's office said. The administration highlighted Italian companies that maintain operations in Massachusetts, including Enel North America and Piaggio Fast Forward. Healey will also connect Tuesday with U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See Joe Donnelly, a former Democrat member of Congress from Indiana.

On Wednesday morning , Healey will give a keynote address at the opening session of the Vatican Climate Summit focused on"governing in the age of climate change" and plans to make news. Her office said the speech"will highlight Massachusetts' global climate leadership, particularly in the emerging industry of climatetech, and announce a new initiative to grow the climate workforce.

Hoffer has plans Tuesday to visit the Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, and to meet with the director of Rome’s Climate Office as well as with environment, science, technology and health personnel from the U.S. Italian Embassy. She will deliver a"report from the front lines" to the climate summit Wednesday afternoon.

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