Pope warns of 'irreversible' climate change

By Agence France-Presse

Oct 06, 2023 12:19 am

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis warned Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) the world 'is collapsing' due to global warming, urging participants of the upcoming COP28 climate talks to agree to binding policies on phasing out fossil fuels.

Eight years after his landmark thesis outlined the devastation of man-made climate change, the 86-year-old pontiff published a follow-up that warned that some damage was 'already irreversible.'

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