World leaders put climate risks on agenda before UN General Assembly
Leaders including the prime ministers of Australia and Iceland discussed national impacts as governments gathered in New York.
World leaders gathering in New York ahead of the United Nations General Assembly raised the climate crisis as an issue requiring international attention, according to the Guardian.
The report says the prime ministers of Australia and Iceland discussed how climate-related changes were affecting their countries. It also notes that some leaders were placing less emphasis on climate as wars and inflation competed for political attention.
The supplied excerpt frames the discussion against record-breaking El Niño conditions but does not provide a common policy declaration or specific commitments from all participants. The focus is on the differing weight leaders are giving climate concerns as the UN meetings begin.
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- World leaders address climate crisis before UN meet amid record-breaking El-Niño — The Guardian — World
EGazette summarizes reporting from multiple sources; follow the links for the originals.
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