# World leaders address climate crisis before UN meeting amid record-breaking El Niño

https://mins.news/en/item/67993

- The Guardian, 2026-09-21 21:26 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/21/world-leaders-climate-crisis-el-nino

> World leaders gathering in New York for the UN general assembly are putting climate change on the agenda at Climate Week. Australia’s Anthony Albanese and Iceland’s Kristrún Frostadóttir highlighted the crisis’s effects on their countries and the transition away from fossil fuels after months of extreme heat, wildfires, flooding and a record-breaking El Niño.

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