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Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante will address the United Nations on Sept. 23 at the opening of the UN’s climate summit, the mayor’s office announced on Thursday.

In a statement, the mayor’s office wrote that “Valérie Plante will be the only representative of cities at this prestigious forum” and “will address world leaders and other actors involved in climate action to remind them of the urgency to act in the fight against climate change.”

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Four days later, on Sept. 27, the mayor will receive environmental activist Greta Thunberg at city hall after a large-scale march in the city scheduled for the same day.