LA Times: "This unprecedented gathering of global leaders is a wake-up call to face up to the common threats of climate change and human exploitation," Brown said in a statement Thursday. "This is about the future of humanity and how we as human beings live and treat one another and the natural world around us."
Brown, who once considered a life in the priesthood and spent years in a Jesuit seminary before dropping out, has traveled widely to urge stronger action against the advance of global warming. He...