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(L-R) United Nations (U.N.) Secretary General Antonio Guterres, U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence attend a meeting on religious freedom at U.N. headquarters on September 23, 2019 in New York City. While hundreds of world leaders gather for the climate summit during the UN General Assembly, President Trump chose to skip the event in favor of his own meeting on religious freedom and persecution. Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP Drew Angerer / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP
September 24th, 2019 - 12:30 GMT

Guterres Challenges Leaders Not to Invest in New Coal Projects After 2020

Tensions ran high at the UN Climate Summit in New York when United Nations Secretary (UN) General Antonio Guterres challenged leaders to no longer invest in new coal projects after 2020, followed by young climate activist Greta Thunberg’s impassioned speech on how these same leaders have failed her and her generation in taking climate action. However, the summit did witness many leaders announcing concrete climate action plans by 2020, 2030 ...
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