Pope Francis said in a new book released on Tuesday that the world could face a catastrophe like the Great Flood if human beings fail to address climate change, Catholic News Agency reported.

The Pope made the remark in a new book-length interview with the Italian priest Fr. Marco Pozzi published on Tuesday.

In “Of Vices and Virtues,” published in Italian by Rizzoli, the two men discussed the account of the Great Flood in the Book of Genesis.

According to an excerpt from the book in the newspaper Corriere delle Sera, the Pope said: “A great flood, perhaps due to a rise in temperature and the melting of glaciers: that is what will happen if we continue on the same path.”

After referring to a possible new great flood, Pope Francis said: “God unleashed his wrath, but he saw a righteous man, took him and saved him.”

“The story of Noah shows that the wrath of God is also a saving one.”