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Fred Imbert |  @foimbert 23 Hours Ago CNBC.com 706 SHARES 390 COMMENTS Join the Discussion In a historic presentation to Congress,  Pope Francis  urged lawmakers on Thursday to take "courageous actions" on global warming, poverty and the refugee crisis. "I am convinced that we can make a difference and I have no doubt that the United States—and this Congress—have an important role to play," the pope said in his prepared speech to a joint meeting of Congress. The speech was the first time a pope had addressed Congress. "Now is the time for courageous actions and strategies, aimed at implementing a culture of care and an integrated approach to combating poverty, restoring dignity to the excluded, and at the same time protecting nature," the pope said in his prepared remarks. Francis' environmentalist views have been criticized by some conservatives. L

Scientists analysed computer  simulations  for changes in temperature First signs seen in the 1940s in parts of Australia, south Asia and Africa This is because these regions generally exhibited a narrow range of temperatures, making it easier to spot a trend of warming  By  SARAH GRIFFITHS FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED:  11:10 GMT, 23 September 2015  |  UPDATED:  16:48 GMT, 23 September 2015           277 shares 239 View comments This year is tipped to be the hottest on record as global temperatures continue to soar. Now researchers have revealed for the first time when and where signs of this global warming first appeared in the past, by analysing new computer simulations of the climate over more than a century. By running simulations from as far back as the 1870s, the researchers detected what they believe to be the first signs as early as the 1940s in parts of Australia, south east Asia and Africa.  +4 Researchers revealed global warm

Xi Jinping will announce a new cap-and-trade plan to combat climate change By  Lisa Friedman  and  ClimateWire   |  September 25, 2015 President Xi Jinping. ©iStock.com China will put in place a nationwide carbon emissions trading program in 2017 and agree to stringent transparency rules in a new global climate change accord as part of a sweeping announcement President Obama and President Xi Jinping will make today, White House officials said. The joint call to action on global warming will be the second time in less than a year that Obama and Xi have stood side by side to pledge joint cooperation between the world’s two largest economies and emitters of greenhouse gas pollution. Leaders said they hope the announcement, which also includes a Chinese pledge of money for poor countries that one official described as “commensurate” with a U.S. promise to deliver $3 billion in climate aid over four years, will shift the international negotiations into high gear befo