Bulgaria’s Minister of Environment and Water Ivelina Vasileva gave Pope Francis Bulgaria’s new Red Book. Minister Vasileva participates at the audience of the EU Ministers of Environment with His Holiness Pope Francis in the Vatican. EU Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Karmenu Vella and EU Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy Miguel Arias Cañete also attended the event. In his address to the 28 Ministers of Environment Pope Francis encouraged them in their efforts to reach the desired result during the Forum on Climate Changes in December in Paris. On September 18 Minister Vasileva will take part at the extraordinary sitting of the EU Ministers of Environment in Brussels.