The New York Democrat arrived Tuesday in Glasgow with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other lawmakers to appear at the COP26 climate talks.

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the New York Democrat, arrived at the United Nations climate summit on Tuesday, saying she was there to push the United States and other developed nations to greater action on global warming.

Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, a co-sponsor of the Green New Deal, was surrounded by security as she walked the cavernous tented hallways of the summit, quickly drawing the attention of a crowd of activists who wore masks declaring themselves “climate feminists.”

Ms. Ocasio-Cortez is part of a delegation of nearly two dozen House Democrats, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, which Ms. Pelosi said was the largest group of Congress members to attend a climate summit. They traveled to Glasgow to meet with leaders and lawmakers from other countries and promote what they hope will be the strong role the United States will play in tackling climate change.

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