09/23/2024

Leaders at Climate Change Meetings in New York Warn of Growing Mistrust Between Nations

Many underlined the urgent need for more access to climate finance

A marathon week of climate change meetings opened in New York on Sunday, with celebrities and world leaders mingling with corporate leaders over talks on how to drive climate action forward.

On Sunday, U.N. Secretary General António Guterres launched a two-day, climate-themed "Summit for the Future" as part of the U.N. General Assembly. National leaders addressed the group after adopting a "Pact for the Future" aimed at ensuring and increasing cooperation between nations.

Many underlined the urgent need for more access to climate finance, and some warned that mistrust was growing between nations as climate-fueled disasters mount.

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