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Pope calls for end to global warming at United Nations Environment Programme forum

Pope Francis speaks when he met religious leaders at St Mary’s School Nairobi. [PHOTO: FIDELIS KABUNYI/Standard]

Pope Francis in a soft but firm message yesterday urged global leaders to seal a strong agreement at the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) climate summit in Paris, France next week to address "the grave environmental crisis facing our world".

The Pontiff said that transforming current development models was a "political and economic obligation", that required nations to consult.

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