This is Brian Lair on WNYC. It's day four of Climate Week NYC. Time to coincide with

world leaders gathering here for the annual UN General Assembly. And today, UN Secretary

General Antonio Guterres is gathering heads of state for the Climate Ambition Summit.

What he calls it, the Climate Ambition Summit. While there have been many meetings on the

topic of climate change, this one will only be featuring company countries that Secretary

General Guterres referred to as first movers and doers, ones he deems serious enough about

climate change to be included in an ambition summit. When he announced this global event

last December and invited countries to participate, he said the barrier to entry would be

high, only countries who have demonstrated credible climate action would be invited to

speak. Take a listen. It will be a no-nonsense summit, no exceptions, no compromises. And

there will be no room for backsliders, greenwashers, blame shifters, or repackaging of announcement

of previous years. That Secretary General Guterres last December will

see how that climate ambition summit turns out today. Here at the Brain Lair Show, we're

doing a segment every day this week for Climate Week NYC in conjunction with Cover and Climate

Now, a media collaboration that includes this show and WNYC, Cover and Climate Now also

announced its 2023 Journalism Award winners that's Climate Journalism winners. They recognize

outstanding coverage of the climate emergency as they call it and its solutions. And today

we're joined by another of the winners. Monca Bell, Senior correspondent at the Times of India,

we'll talk to her about her climate reporting and get her take on some of these international

climate headlines. Also joining us as Kyle Pope, Editor and publisher of the Columbia Journalism

Review and Chairman and Co-Founder of Cover and Climate Now. Monca, welcome to WNYC and

congratulations on your award and Kyle, welcome back. Thank you so much for having me. Kyle, you

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