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World headed 'suicide' if no climate agreement: Pope
2015-12-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The U.N. climate conference in Paris is most likely humanity's last chance to thwart global environmental disaster, Pope Francis said on Monday, warning the world was "at the limits of suicide". The pope, who wrote a major document on the environment last June, made the comment in an hour-long news conference aboard the plane returning him to Rome at the end of a six-day trip to Africa. The freewheeling conversations have become a trademark of his papacy and the few times he takes direct questions...
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Pope Francis: World is near 'suicide' on climate change; 'it's now or never'
2015-11-30 22:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Environmental negotiators meeting in Paris should strike a climate change deal to save a world "at the limits of suicide," Pope Francis said on Monday. "I am not sure, but I can say to you 'now or never'," he told a group of reporters aboard the papal plane, en route home from Africa, according to Reuters. "Every year the problems are getting worse. We are at the limits. If I may use a strong word I would say that we are at the limits of suicide." The comments come at the start of a United...
Pope: World headed toward 'suicide' if no climate agreement
2015-11-30 16:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Pope Francis on board the papal plane said the human race is on the ''limits of suicide'' and needs to act now to reduce the effects of climate change. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
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Pope Francis Pushes For Crackdown on Ivory Trafficking
2015-11-27 19:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Ivory trafficking fuels political instability and terrorism, Pope Francis said on November 26 in Kenya. During his landmark trip to Africa, he is urging action against trafficking in ivory, diamonds and other natural resources. "Illegal trade in diamonds and precious stones, rare metals or those of great strategic value, wood, biological material and animal products, such as ivory trafficking and the related killing of elephants, fuels political instability, organised crime and terrorism," he...
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Pope Francis: Catastrophic Climate if Paris Talks Fail
2015-11-27 14:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Pope Francis warned on Wednesday that the world is facing a "grave environmental crisis" and spoke of the intersection between social justice and the protection of nature. The pontiff`s comments, made in the Kenyan capital at the start of his first visit to the continent, come just days ahead of the UN climate summit in Paris, where global delegates will hammer out an agreement to curb climate change. "The grave environmental crisis facing our world demands an ever greater sensitivity to the...
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