Jane Fonda & Vanuatu Representatives On the Climate Ambition Summit Opening | United Nations

Hybrid press briefing by Jean Su, Center for Biological Diversity and Climate Action Network International; Ambassador Odo Tevi, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Vanuatu; Actress Jane Fonda; Tzeporah Berman, Chair of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative; Mohamed Adow, Power Shift Africa; Brianna Fruean, Pacific Climate Warrior and Youth Climate Justice Activist; and Romain Ioualalen, Oil Change International. Jane Fonda, actress and activist, said most people in the United States understand that the climate crisis is alarming, “Why can’t our leaders hear this?” Following the opening Session of the Climate Ambition Summit today (20 Sep) in New York, Fonda addressed journalists and said, “John Kerry, who is President Biden’s emissary on the climate crisis, says ‘we can’t stop using fossil fuels because it will leave too many countries behind. We have to rely on carbon capture.’ This is ridiculous.” She continued, “We can help the countries in the Global