UN chief says ‘immediate and drastic’ emissions cuts needed to avert climate change catastrophe
Guterres said governments must move faster as a Climate Action Tracker report warned current policies put the world on track for 2.7C of warming by 2100.
- On Friday, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addressed the COP31 Climate Summit in Antalya, Turkey, demanding immediate and drastic fossil fuel emission cuts to "follow the science" and avert catastrophic climate effects.
- The independent Climate Action Tracker reported Thursday that global warming progress has stalled for five years, ensuring the world will overshoot the 1.5 degrees Celsius goal set by the 2015 Paris Agreement.
- Climate TRACE satellite data shows prioritizing clean energy cuts emissions 14% compared to 7% with fossil fuels, while Guterres noted tripling adaptation finance would meet less than 30 percent of needs.
- Guterres warned that failing to act fuels geopolitical instability, hunger, and displacement while pushing countries into debt, adding that wealthier nations must "deliver the finance they have promised."
- The United States skipped the summit for the second consecutive year after President Donald Trump withdrew from climate negotiations, complicating progress that requires cooperation from top emitters.
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UN head urges climate summit to act now
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called for an "immediate and drastic reduction" in greenhouse gas emissions, as divisions over fossil fuels dominated the first week of COP31 climate talks in Turkey. Big fossil fuel producers and consumers at the talks are resisting any deal that would specify firm new targets or a shift away from oil, gas and coal, observers said as the first week of talks drew to a close. That poses a challenge …
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UN chief says ‘immediate and drastic’ emissions cuts needed to avert climate change catastrophe
ANTALYA, Turkey (AP) — The world must immediately and drastically cut fossil fuel emissions to avert the most catastrophic effects of climate change, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said Friday at his final climate summit, urging the world to “follow…
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UN chief says 'immediate and drastic' emissions cuts needed to avert climate change catastrophe
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres says the world must immediately and drastically cut fossil fuel emissions to avert the most catastrophic effects of climate change.
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ANTALYA, Turkey—Despite the lack of progress toward the goal of curbing global warming, outgoing U.N. Secretary General António Guterres urged climate activists and environmental justice advocates at the United Nations COP31 climate change conference here not to give up hope. “You pushed governments to face up to the role of fossil fuels,” he said during […]
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