Global turmoil and violence in Iraq and Syria will join climate change as key topics at the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly, which opened Tuesday.
Calling it “the defining issue of our time,” U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said climate change will join the “horrendous violence in Iraq and Syria” carried out by Islamic militant group ISIS, the shaky cease-fire between Ukraine and Russian-backed rebels and the worst Ebola outbreak in history.
“Action on climate is urgent. The more we delay, the more we will pay in lives and money,” Ban said.
But the UN’s Climate Summit on Sept. 23 …read more
Source: Newsweek
