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Climate Cast ®
Paul Huttner

Dire warnings from world leaders at annual global climate conference

The urgent need to come 'together for implementation' of global climate goals

open water along the shore of Island Lake
The effects of climate change are being felt in every corner of the world. In Minnesota, it is causing ice on popular recreation lakes to form later and thaw earlier, which is taking a toll on the local economy and Minnesota traditions.
Derek Montgomery for MPR News

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“Cooperate or perish."

That’s the stark warning from United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres at the annual COP27 summit in Egypt this week.

What does this mean for our global fight against climate change? And what’s the Minnesota perspective?

We ask two Minnesota climate watchers who are at COP27.

Pat Hamilton is director of global change at the Science Museum of Minnesota and J. Drake Hamilton is Fresh Energy's senior director of science policy.

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