(CNN) When President Donald Trump visits the UN on Monday, many of his fellow world leaders will be participating in a summit meant to address climate change. Trump won't be there.

Instead, the President is chairing his own session focused on worldwide religious persecution.

It's the latest evidence of Trump's isolation on the climate issue with his fellow world leaders. During the G7 summit in France, Trump skipped a session focused on climate change that all the other world leaders attended.

This time, he's missing an event that will feature dozens of world leaders delivering climate pledges in short remarks. Not every country in the UN was invited, and it's unlikely Trump would have been asked to speak even if he wanted to.

Marcia Bernicat, principal deputy assistant secretary of state for oceans and international environmental and scientific affairs, will represent the United States at the UN Secretary General's Climate Summit, a State Department official says.

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