The Latest: Pope meets island leaders, decries rising seas

YES. "Pope Francis is blasting "shortsighted human activity" for global warming and rising sea levels and is urging leaders at climate talks in Germany to take a global outlook as they negotiate ways to curb heat-trapping emissions. Francis met Saturday with a delegation of leaders from the Pacific islands and told them he shares their concerns about rising sea levels and increasingly intense storms that are threatening their small islands. He decried in particular the state of oceans, where overfishing and pollution by plastics are threatening fish stocks and sea life that are critical to Pacific livelihoods."
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The Latest: Pope meets island leaders, decries rising seas
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BONN , Germany (AP) — The Latest on the global climate change conference in Bonn, Germany (all times local): 3:50 p.m. Pope Francis is blasting 'shortsighted human activity' for...