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The world is a mess. That makes the climate crisis harder to solve
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People cross the Brooklyn Bridge calling for leaders to “Tear down the pillars of fossil fuels” during a Youth Global Climate demonstration ahead of the UN Climate week in New York City on Sept 20.
PHOTO: AFP
NEW YORK - Global power is fractured. Temperatures have risen to record levels. Bitterness and anxiety are rising in vulnerable countries lashed by deadly heat and floods.
This week, as presidents and prime ministers assemble at the United Nations General Assembly, they confront a vastly different world from the one that existed nearly 10 years ago, when nations rich and poor found a way to rally together around a remarkable global pact.
