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World leaders share devastating first hand stories of the climate emergency
People walk through the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, November 13, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan

MORE than two dozen world leaders delivered remarks at the United Nations’ annual climate conference (Cop29) today, detailing first-hand experiences with catastrophic weather that has come with the climate emergency.

Leader after leader recounted climate disasters hitting their countries.

Grenada’s Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell describing a 15-month drought at the beginning of the year giving way to category 5 Hurricane Beryl.

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