Late-night hosts join forces for first ever 'Climate Night'

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(CNN)Late nighttime is stepping up for the planet.

Stephen Colbert, Samantha Bee, James Corden, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers and Trevor Noah volition unite crossed networks connected Sept. 22 for "Climate Night," focusing their programming connected climate change.

Shows that volition enactment see TBS's "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee," ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers," Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah," CBS's "The Late Late Show with James Corden," CBS's "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," and NBC's "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon."

Though the taxable substance is serious, determination volition beryllium jokes.

"I don't privation to die," said Kimmel of wherefore he's participating.

"In the involvement of recycling, delight usage immoderate Jimmy Kimmel said," quipped Fallon.

"I'm thrilled to enactment successful 'Climate Night,'" said Bee. "But possibly we should determination it up a fewer days? Just because, you know, it's urgent?"

"I'm arrogant to dedicate 1 full nighttime of my amusement to the climate, truthful I tin accidental I wasn't portion of the problem, I was 1/365th of the solution," said Colbert.

"Climate Night" takes spot during Climate Week NYC, a weeklong acme of planetary leaders and clime activists promoting actionable solutions to code the clime crisis.

"Climate Night" was created by erstwhile "Daily Show" and "Patriot Act" showrunner Steve Bodow.

"Climate alteration has gone precise accelerated from 'probably the future,' to 'actually, close now' -- which means we each request to beryllium talking and reasoning astir it overmuch more," Bodow said. "Late-night hosts bespeak our nationalist speech adjacent much than Russian Twitter bots acceptable it -- truthful this unthinkable radical of shows coming unneurotic makes a connection astir the standard and urgency of the world's hottest problem."

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