UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says that the world faces “a dramatic climate emergency.”

He is urging leaders at a Sept. 23 summit in New York to agree to cut greenhouse gas emissions by more than they promised in the 2015 Paris climate accord.

Guterres said Monday at the Group of Seven summit in Biarritz, France, that “we are much worse than we were during Paris …. And, so, it’s absolutely essential that countries commit themselves to increase what was promised in Paris.”

Guterres said that Greenland’s ice cap was melting “dramatically” and that 2015 through 2019 were “the five hottest years on record.”

U.S. President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Paris accord, but Guterres said states, cities and businesses had “the capacity to deliver in relation to climate action.”

Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron isn’t backing down in his dispute with Brazil’s leader over forest fires in the Amazon and their impact on climate-change.

Macron threatened to block a European trade deal with Brazil and other South American countries over the Amazon wildfires and what he has described as Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s lies over containing deforestation.

G-7 countries have agreed to an immediate $20-million fund to help Amazon countries fight wildfires and launch a long-term global initiative to protect the rainforest.

The announcement came from Macron, the host of this year’s meeting of G-7 leaders, and the Chilean President Sebastián Piñera.

Macron said that the Amazon represents the “lungs” of the planet and that leaders were studying the possibility of similar support in Africa, also suffering from fires in its rainforests.

Macron said the U.S. supported the initiative, although he acknowledged that U.S. President Donald Trump had skipped Monday’s working session on the environment.

Satellites have recorded more than 41,000 fires in the Amazon region so far this year — with more than half of those coming this month alone.

Experts say most of the fires are set by farmers or ranchers clearing existing farmland.

U.S. President Donald Trump missed the discussion on climate.

Trump was scheduled to attend Monday’s session on climate, biodiversity and oceans, but his chair was empty during a portion of the meeting reporters were allowed to witness.

French President Emmanuel Macron says that while Trump didn’t attend, his aides were there.

The president started the morning behind schedule. His meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel was delayed about two hours.

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He then met with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, where he was asked about attending the climate session.

He said it would be his next stop and that he wants clean air and water.

Trump is a climate change skeptic who once had claimed it’s a hoax that was invented by the Chinese.

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