World leaders attend UN Climate Action Summit
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The UN General Assembly not just represents a stage for global diplomacy, but for tackling climate change.
World leaders, including President Moon Jae-in, took part in a highly-anticipated meeting on Monday to discuss ways to work toward a greener world.
U.S. President Donald Trump also made a surprise, but brief stop by.... to hear from a couple of other world leaders.
Yoon Jung-min reports.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on world leaders Monday for concrete and realistic plans to raise their contributions toward achieving net zero emissions by 2050.
His remarks came at the UN Climate Action Summit 2019 in New York where leaders from governments, business and civil activist groups gathered to tackle the issue of climate change.
"Nature is angry. And we fool ourselves if we think we can fool nature, because nature always strikes back, and around the world nature is striking back with fury."
Praising the 2015 Paris Agreement to combat global warming, Guterres called for no new coal plants to be built after 2020 and pressed for a phase-out of fossil fuel subsidies, aiming for carbon neutrality by 2050.
While some countries have made a lot of progress, others are moving too slowly, as he pointed out.
U.S. President Donald Trump, who has scrapped regulations aimed at combating climate change, stopped by with Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
There was no remarks from Trump, but he left after listening to remarks by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
In a video message, Pope Francis called for the need to ramp up efforts to mitigate the impact of climate change and face what he described as "one of the most serious and worrying phenomena of our time".
Other leaders, including Merkel, promised to expand their countries' contribution to combat climate change.
Among them was South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who has made three pledges to combat the issue.
"First, we will explore a variety of measures for the transition to a sustainable, low-carbon economy at the earliest possible date, including the formulation of a South Korean-model of sustainable development."
President Moon promised South Korea will expand its role to tackle climate change, such as doubling its contribution to the Green Climate Fund and hosting a P4G summit in South Korea.
Yoon Jung-min, Arirang News.
World leaders, including President Moon Jae-in, took part in a highly-anticipated meeting on Monday to discuss ways to work toward a greener world.
U.S. President Donald Trump also made a surprise, but brief stop by.... to hear from a couple of other world leaders.
Yoon Jung-min reports.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on world leaders Monday for concrete and realistic plans to raise their contributions toward achieving net zero emissions by 2050.
His remarks came at the UN Climate Action Summit 2019 in New York where leaders from governments, business and civil activist groups gathered to tackle the issue of climate change.
"Nature is angry. And we fool ourselves if we think we can fool nature, because nature always strikes back, and around the world nature is striking back with fury."
Praising the 2015 Paris Agreement to combat global warming, Guterres called for no new coal plants to be built after 2020 and pressed for a phase-out of fossil fuel subsidies, aiming for carbon neutrality by 2050.
While some countries have made a lot of progress, others are moving too slowly, as he pointed out.
U.S. President Donald Trump, who has scrapped regulations aimed at combating climate change, stopped by with Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
There was no remarks from Trump, but he left after listening to remarks by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
In a video message, Pope Francis called for the need to ramp up efforts to mitigate the impact of climate change and face what he described as "one of the most serious and worrying phenomena of our time".
Other leaders, including Merkel, promised to expand their countries' contribution to combat climate change.
Among them was South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who has made three pledges to combat the issue.
"First, we will explore a variety of measures for the transition to a sustainable, low-carbon economy at the earliest possible date, including the formulation of a South Korean-model of sustainable development."
President Moon promised South Korea will expand its role to tackle climate change, such as doubling its contribution to the Green Climate Fund and hosting a P4G summit in South Korea.
Yoon Jung-min, Arirang News.