The national perspective is important because policy-makers need to understand how settlement patterns are changing over time and what the implications are for social change, poverty and health.
"We're helping to fight climate change, poverty and disease," the text continues.
He drew links between climate change, poverty, corporate greed, materialism, vested interests and political inertia.
If we truly want to tackle climate change, poverty and conflict we need to think holistically.
Countries are spitting out their people for different reasons: war, revolution, bad governance, dead-end economies, climate change, poverty, persecution.
Progressives hope Francis will speak out on climate change, poverty, income inequality, jail overcrowding, capital punishment and immigration reform.
Let us now bring the power of global partnership to bear on climate change, poverty reduction and food production.
They have led us to war and climate change, poverty on an unimaginable scale, and wholesale ecological destruction.
On Thursday, Pope Francis made an historic speech to US Congress, challenging it to act on climate change, poverty, immigration, gun control among other issues.
Will they make it any easier to deal with our present global crises climate change, poverty, wars, and other assorted mayhem?
But there is no prospect of achieving the breakthroughs we need on climate change, poverty or in other areas without global agreement.
