UN Chief Calls for Halt to New Fossil Fuel Development Ahead of Climate Ambition Summit

U.S. Risks Being Shut Out of Global Meeting in September

https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/un-chief-calls-for-halt-to-new-fossil-fuel-development-ahead-of-climate-ambition-summit

U.S. slammed for coal pitch at climate talks: 'Like promoting tobacco at a cancer summit' | The Japan Times - worldnews

To global outrage, Trump announced in June he would pull the United States out of the hard-fought global pact, which aims to reduce reliance on coal, oil and natural gas blamed for altering Earth's climate. Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, U.N. special envoy for cities and climate change, tweeted: "Promoting coal at a climate summit is like promoting tobacco at a cancer summit." Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama of Fiji, which presides over this year's climate conference, said: "There's really no need to talk any more about coal because we all know what coal does with regard to climate change."....
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/11/14/business/like-promoting-tobacco-cancer-summit-u-s-pitches-coal-climate-talks-slammed/#.Wg2w8bynHCI

Special Report: Revolt at Trump’s Pro-Coal, Pro-Nuclear & Pro-Gas Panel ...

Democracy Now! was there when activists and Democratic lawmakers at the U.N. climate summit in Bonn, Germany, staged a full-fledged revolt Monday when the Trump administration made its official debut at this year’s conference with a forum pushing coal, gas and nuclear power.....
Interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INH936RdzXU&feature=youtu.be

California Gov. Jerry Brown Plans To Host 2018 Global Climate Action Summit -- TPM

California Gov. Jerry Brown plans to convene a Global Climate Action Summit next year in his latest action to position the state as a leader in battling global warming as the White House recedes. Brown will announce the summit Thursday in a video message to the Global Citizen Festival in Hamburg, Germany. ...
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/california-governor-jerry-brown-host-2018-global-climate-summit