Gov. Josh Green talks exclusively with Scripps News about the unprecedented wildfires on Maui, and the need to address climate change.
Climate change is a central focus at the United Nations General Assembly this week. The spotlight is on the U.N.’s summit of Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, an effort to end global inequality by 2030. And it’s taken on a more important role than ever before at this year’s gathering.
Nobody knows better than Hawaii Gov. Josh Green how the intersection between a warming world and real-life destruction is already impacting communities in the U.S. and around the globe. From 1953 to 2003, Hawaii experienced 6 wildfires. The islands have logged six fire emergencies this year in August alone.
He admitted achieving the SDGs in the next seven years is “aspirational” and he said he would be surprised if states can do it.
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