US EditionUN chief calls for 'fight' against climate disinformation
UN chief Antonio Guterres emphasized urgent action to limit warming to 1.5°C and combat climate disinformation ahead of COP30, highlighting renewables' growing role.
- On Oct 22, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for a fightback against climate disinformation, defending clear climate science and data as vital to understanding the threat of climate change.
- Donald Trump earlier said `Climate change-- it's the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world, in my opinion,` prompting Antonio Guterres to counter after Trump's September UN speech in New York.
- Guterres noted renewable energy trends as almost all new power capacity came from renewables, the cheapest and fastest source, amid record ocean heat decimating ecosystems and rising fires, floods, storms and heatwaves.
- By November's UN Climate Conference in Brazil, countries must deliver bold new national climate action plans that align with limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, and Guterres said these must include commitments to reduce emissions over the next decade.
- Vulnerable nations face the highest climate costs, especially small island developing states and least developed countries, while the World Meteorological Organization leads efforts for early warning systems this year and Guterres said scientists should never fear telling the truth.
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UN chief seeks urgent action against global warming, urges countries to fight misinformation on climate - The Tribune
The UN Secretary General's comments on the 'dangerous and existential threat of climate change' come in the wake of Donald Trump's address at the UN General Assembly in New York last month, in which the US President said climate change is the 'greatest con job ever.'
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UN chief calls for 'fight' against climate disinformation
UN chief Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for a fightback against climate disinformation ahead of next month's COP30 summit after US President Donald Trump branded climate change the "greatest con job ever".
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on Wednesday to fight climate change-related misinformation after U.S. President Donald Trump called it "the biggest scam in history." Before next month’s COP30 summit, Guterres argued that without science and data [...] The post UN Chief asks to fight climate change-related "disinformation" was first published in Information Focus.
Geneva, Switzerland. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on Wednesday to fight climate change-related misinformation, after U.S. President Donald Trump called it "the biggest scam in history." Prior to next month's COP30 summit, Guterres argued that without "light-sighted" climate science and data, the world would never have understood the emergence of the "dangerous and existential threat of climate change." "We must fight disinformati…
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