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Pope Leo XIV calls for urgent climate action

BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Pope Leo XIV is urging countries at United Nations climate talks to take “concrete actions” to stop climate change that is threatening the planet. He said humans are failing in their response to global warming and that God’s creation “is crying out in floods, droughts, storms and relentless heat.” In a video message played Monday for religious leaders gathered in Belem, Leo said nations had made progress, “but not enough.” Leo said there’s still time for the world to stay within the landmark Paris Agreement, which called to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius since pre-industrial times, to hold off the worst effects of climate change, but it’s running out fast.

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