Carolinas are being swamped by these heavy rains and high winds from Hurricane Florence.

The best scientists in the world are all telling us that our activities are changing the climate.

I don't think it's a hoax. I think there's probably a difference, but I don't know that it's man-made.

Experts say that we have until 2030 to avoid catastrophe.

Hi, I'm Orman Alney with a to the point climate change update on the special climate change

session of the United Nations. National leaders were called to account by UN Secretary

General Antonio Gutierrez.

He asked for progress reports on commitments made in the Paris Accord.

We're asking if worldwide school strikes and worker walkouts are having an impact.

We'll begin with Secretary General Gutierrez and his call to action.

I have asked you here to sound the alarm.

Climate change is a defining issue of our time,

and we are at a defining moment.

The General Assembly also heard from Greta Turnburg,

the 16-year-old Swedish activist who galvanize so many young people worldwide. People are suffering. People are dying.

Entire ecosystems are collapsing.

We are in the beginning of a mass extinction,

and all you can talk about is money and fair tales of eternal economic growth. How dare you?

Column Lynch is a reporter on the United Nations. He's a senior staff writer at Foreign Policy

Magazine. And Column, thanks a lot for joining us today. Thanks for having me, one.

We heard some applause just now after we heard from Greta Toonberg.

Was the General Assembly of the United Nations paying attention to either of the voices that we've just heard?

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