‘Minutes from midnight’: Mohammed calls for urgent climate action

As Florida reeled from the catastrophic impacts of Hurricane Milton – just the latest extreme weather event to generate international headlines – UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed highlighted the global climate crisis during a speech in Azerbaijan on Thursday. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/10/1155591
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‘Minutes from midnight’: Mohammed calls for urgent climate action
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