World leaders gathered in New York for the UN General Assembly are prioritizing climate action amid escalating global crises, with discussions underway during this year’s Climate Week. The event follows a summer of unprecedented extreme weather, including severe heatwaves, devastating wildfires, deadly flooding, and the strongest El Niño on record. While some nations address the dual threats of war and inflation, others are focusing on climate impacts as a defining challenge. The meeting comes as global temperatures and natural disasters continue to set alarming new benchmarks.
Prime ministers of Australia and Iceland discuss effects on their countries even as some shy away in face of war and inflationWorld political leaders are descending on New York for the UN general assembly and some of them are putting the climate crisis on the agenda as they spoke on Monday at the start of the city’s annual Climate Week.This year’s Climate Week – which runs alongside UNGA – comes after months of extreme heat in large parts of the world including Europe and the US, wildfires in Africa, flash flooding in Asia and a record-breaking El Niño. Continue reading...
