WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - With the world on track to break the record for the hottest year in history, world leaders, business leaders, celebrities and activists have converged on midtown Manhattan for Climate Week and the U.N.'s Climate Action Summit, again focusing the world's attention on the climate crisis.
As of Monday, the U.N. had not announced which world leaders or officials would get one of the coveted speaking slots at the climate summit.
"It is disheartening to witness the lack of ambition on what truly ails us – emissions from fossil fuels," the small islands alliance said in a statement.
"We implore the international community to use the platforms of the UNGA and New York Climate Week to signal unequivocal support for Small Island Developing States," it said, using the acronym for the U.N. General Assembly.
Meanwhile, at several hotel ballrooms and other venues across Manhattan, around 2,600 people have registered for in-person attendance at Climate Week events featuring over 200 speakers from the private sector, governments and nongovernmentalion (NGOs.
Persons:
Antonio Guterres, we're, Selwin Hart, Guterres, Hart, We’ve, Romain Ioualalen, Valerie Volcovici, Jonathan Oatis
Organizations:
Climate, United Nations General Assembly, U.N, Action, United Arab, Alliance of Small, General, Oil Change, Thomson
Locations:
Manhattan, Paris, United Arab Emirates, Brazil, China, South Africa, India, Russia, New, midtown Manhattan