'Alarm bell': U.N. chief, UK PM convene leaders on climate change


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  • Monday, 20 Sep 2021

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson greets U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres before a bilateral meeting, during G7 summit in Carbis Bay, Cornwall, Britain, June 12, 2021. Adrian Dennis/Pool via REUTERS

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - With less than six weeks to go before world leaders convene for a major climate summit in Glasgow, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will hold a roundtable of world leaders on Monday to address major gaps on emissions targets and climate finance.

The closed-door meeting on the sidelines of the annual high-level week of the U.N. General Assembly will include leaders from a few dozen countries representing industrialized nations, emerging economies and vulnerable developing countries, said Selwin Hart, assistant secretary-general and special adviser to Guterres on climate action.

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