It's the Brian Lair Show on WNYC.

Good morning again, everyone.

I'm Bridget Bergen, senior reporter in the WNYC and Gothamist Newsroom sitting in for Brian today.

And now we turn to our climate segment as part of Health and Climate Tuesdays.

As the United Nations General Assembly brings world leaders to New York City this week,

it's also Climate Week, NYC, a week of events around the city that focus on climate change challenges and solutions.

And while last year, the United States

was a global leader on climate mitigation under President Joe Biden, this year marks a stark

departure. Under President Donald Trump, the U.S. has undergone a major reversal. The Trump

administration has dissolved the State Department office responsible for leading U.S. climate negotiations,

dismembered a program that tracks the nation's greenhouse gas emissions, and thwarted clean energy policies in favor of expanding oil, gas, and coal.

That's according to Politico.

President Trump addressed the United Nations this morning. Here he is taking

issue with the term climate change and former warnings made by the United Nations.

Climate change, no matter what happens, you're involved in that. No more global warming,

no more global cooling, all of these predictions made by the United Nations and many others,

often for bad reasons, were wrong. They were made by stupid people that have cost their country's

fortunes and given those same countries no chance for success. If you don't get away from this

green scam, your country is going to fail.

Our next guest interviewed six world leaders ahead of the UN General Assembly this week

about how their nations are dealing with the challenges of climate change and altering their

strategies now that the United States is no longer offering support.

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