Optimism on Climate Action Grows as Pope Heads to U.S. to Speak With World Leaders

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When President Barack Obama, Pope Francis and other world leaders start gathering in New York during the next several days, they could be within reach of a goal that seemed unattainable only a few years ago-an agreement that could actually slow the pace of rising temperatures. The pope will address the United Nations Sept. 25 and is expected to pick up where he left off in a June letter to the world's Catholics, making the moral argument for attacking climate change. Two days later, Obama will meet with leaders from China, France Germany and close to 40 other nations, as he pushes for an agreement to rein in greenhouse gases.