Summary
Leader after leader told the United Nations Monday that they would do more to prevent a warming world from reaching even more dangerous levels.
Sixty-six countries have promised to have more ambitious climate goals and 30 swore to be carbon neutral by midcentury, said Chilean President Sebastian Pinera Echenique, who is hosting the next climate negotiations later this year.
U.S. President Donald Trump dropped by, listened to German Chancellor Angela Merkel make detailed pledges, including going coal-free, and left without saying anything. The U.S. did not ask to have someone speak at the summit, U.N. officials said.
Hilda Heine, president of the Marshall Islands, said she represented "the most climate vulnerable people on Earth". Her tiny country has increased its emission cut proposals in a way that would limit warming to that tight goal of 1.5 C since preindustrial times.
Macron begged other nations to increase their pledges to the Green Climate Fund, which helps poorer nations with climate issues.
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