THE First Minister is due to attend New York City’s Climate Week alongside Holywood royalty and activist Jane Fonda.
Humza Yousaf will address the opening ceremony of the week-long event in America’s biggest city alongside Fonda, a two-time Oscar winner.
“I look forward to the opportunity to engage on important issues such as loss and damage and a just transition to low carbon energy, as well as engaging with Under2 counterparts from around the world.” She said: “We are in a planetary crisis. If we want to ensure our survival on a livable planet, we must prevent any new fossil fuel development and phase out of fossil fuels altogether over the next several decades.READ MORE:IPPC chair Skea added: “Climate change is a threat to the health of our planet and a critical challenge for humanity in this century. It is happening now.
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