Heads of state and government on Monday kicked off “Climate Week,” held every year on the margins of the UN General Assembly, by urging world leaders to act urgently to reduce global warming. With Poland hosting the COP 24 climate summit in December, UN climate chief Patricia Espinosa called on nations to unite behind limiting global warming to the less than two degrees Celsius enshrined in the 2015 Paris accord. “The problem with climate change is that it’s about transforming the whole economy,” said Brown. The Marshall Islands was only the 10th country and the first island nation to make the pledge, she said. Climate Week, organized by The Climate Group in partnership with the United Nations and the city of New York, is in its 10th annual edition.

Source: Egypt Independent September 25, 2018 15:13 UTC