In and Out: 2019 UN Climate Action Summit

In and out in the same amount of time it takes to walk to the store.

It may be old news that Donald Trump is opposed to the idea of climate change, but it was a surprise to see the President at the UN Climate Action Summit on Monday and for only a short amount of time.

The UN Climate Action Summit was a follow up to the 2015 Paris agreement and stood to enlarge the importance of solving the world’s biggest issue: climate change. On the line up to speak was U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, teenage activist Greta Thunberg, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, German Chancellor Angela Merkel along with about 60 others.

After missing Greta Thunbergs moving and emotional speech, Trump strolled in to the summit without saying anything, listened to remarks from Modi and Merkle, then promptly left the summit.

The biggest emitters of pollution, including the United States, China and India, are not doing enough to reduce their pollution. Which is why it is extremely important for these world leaders to be present at the summits. That is the reason for this post.

What does this mean?

Even with all the momentum built from the Global Climate Strike that began on Friday, September 20th, it was not enough to promote action in the UN General Assembly Hall.

What are you going to do about it?

Stand up like greta, make your voice heard! Trump’s actions were not the right actions to take! We are going to make a difference together! Here are some things you can do https://davidsuzuki.org/what-you-can-do/top-10-ways-can-stop-climate-change/