Everything you need to know about the U.N. General Assembly

POLITICO

Ryan Heath

9-20-2019

They want to restore the climate to its pre-industrial balance and stop pandemics. This year will also be the most youthful UNGA ever — thanks to two “climate strikes” led by teenagers that will bookend the week. If it looks messy and chaotic, that’s because it is.

Quartz

Michael J. Coren

9-18-2019

This Tuesday’s event, organized by the Foundation for Climate Restoration and attended by dignitaries ranging from Vatican emissaries to UN environmental agency representatives, proposed something very different: restoring atmospheric carbon levels from today’s 415 parts per million (PPM) to below 300 PPM by 2050, a level not reached for at least 3 million years.