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UN chief warns of 'gates of hell' in climate summit, but carbon polluting nations stay silent
According to UN Chief Guterres, the world is facing a dangerous and unstable future if no action is taken to address the devastating effects of climate change.
The UN Climate Action Summit aims to increase global ambition towards reducing planet-heating pollution, but the scale of the challenge is daunting. Only a limited number of countries and organizations secured speaking slots at the summit, signaling the need for greater commitment to climate plans.
There has been a significant lack of progress in meeting climate commitments, including expanding fossil fuel licensing and insufficient financial support for clean energy and climate resilience measures in low- and middle-income countries.
Increasingly negatively charged words are being used at the world's most important political meeting places. “The concept of crisis is at risk of being overused, believes Norwegian research manager.