The Norwalk Hour

Tackling climate change to be key talking point

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BERLIN — With global temperatur­es rising, superstorm­s taking their deadly toll and a yearend deadline to firm up the Paris climate deal, leaders at this year’s

U. N. General Assembly are feeling a sense of urgency to keep up the momentum on combating climate change.

That’s why, in between discussing how to tackle wars, poverty and deadly diseases around the world, leaders will be devoting substantia­l time in New York this week to the question of global warming and how to rein it in.

There’ll be talk of emissions targets and the need to adapt to the inevitable changes already underway when small island states take the floor at the annual gathering.

Ministers from major economies, meanwhile, will be meeting behind closed doors to discuss who will pay to help poor countries avoid the worst effects of global warming - and prevent a wave of climate refugees in future.

Outside the confines of the United Nations, campaigner­s and businesspe­ople will meet during New York Climate Week, while Wednesday will see the second edition of French President Emmanuel Macron’s One Planet Summit.

About the only leader not expected to dwell on climate change is President Donald Trump, who last year announced his intention to withdraw the United States from the 2015 Paris accord. He says it represents a bad deal for the American people.

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