UN holds high-level special event on climate action

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- A high-level special event on climate action is being held at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Wednesday.

In his opening remarks, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said thanks to the Paris Agreement, the projected global temperature rise in the past 10 years has dropped from four degrees Celsius to less than three if current nationally determined contributio