Climate change summit marred by absence of US, China

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres only invited leaders with credible new climate pledges to speak at this year’s UN climate ambition summit. The World’s environment correspondent Carolyn Beeler was in the room during this summit. She talks with host Carol Hills about the limited power of the UN to cajole when it comes to climate.  

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