NEW YORK - US President, Donald Trump, called climate change 'the greatest con job ever perpetrated and that global warming is a hoax in his address to the United Nations.
President Cyril Ramaphosa on the other hand, hit back saying climate change is an existential threat and our inability to reduce global warming is a failure to future generations.
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Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister, Dion George, is part of the South African delegation addressing the UN's Global Compact dialogue.
He sat down with eNCA Correspondent Toni Watermann.