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World leaders adopt UN goals to end poverty in 15 years
2015-09-25 19:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: World leaders on Friday pledged to end extreme poverty within 15 years, adopting an ambitious set of UN goals to be backed up by trillions of dollars in development spending. Pope Francis welcomed the new global agenda as an "important sign of hope" in his speech to the UN General Assembly and urged leaders to deliver on their promise to transform the world by 2030. Making his first address to the United Nations, the pontiff sounded a note of warning, saying even the most ambitious pledges...
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