US EditionUN General Assembly chief says curbing climate change would make world more peaceful and safer
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres urged negotiators to compromise on finance, climate plans, trade, and transparency to address impacts on vulnerable communities, calling to triple adaptation funding.
- On Thursday, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres urged countries at COP30 in Belem to compromise and `show willingness and flexibility to deliver results` after negotiators missed a self-imposed Wednesday deadline.
- Frontline communities counting flooded homes, failed harvests and lost livelihoods demanded action, and disaster-hit delegations testifying earlier this week pressed four issues, including a finance goal of $300 billion a year.
- More than 80 countries pushed for a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels, and Guterres said he was `perfectly convinced` compromise is possible, urging big emitters to do more.
- António Guterres urged countries at COP30 in Belem to compromise, and when asked if there was hope Trump would change on climate, he replied `Hope is the last thing that dies`.
- Guterres continued calls to triple adaptation finance from $40 billion to $120 billion a year, while COP30 frequently runs longer than two weeks and negotiators missed a Wednesday deadline set by COP30 President André Corrêa do Lago.
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UN General Assembly chief says curbing climate change would make world more peaceful and safer
By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Harms from climate change are the biggest threat to world peace, the president of the United Nations General Assembly says. “To those who are arguing that in these times we have to focus more on peace and security, one can only say the climate crisis is the biggest security threat of our century,” General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock told The Associated Press in an interview at t…
UN General Assembly chief says curbing climate change would make world more peaceful and safer
By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Harms from climate change are the biggest threat to world peace, the president of the United Nations General Assembly says. “To those who are arguing that in these times we have to focus more on peace and security, one can only say the climate crisis is the biggest security threat of our century,” General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock told The Associated Press in an interview at t…
UN General Assembly chief says curbing climate change would make world more peaceful and safer
By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Harms from climate change are the biggest threat to world peace, the president of the United Nations General Assembly says. “To those who are arguing that in these times we have to focus more on peace and security, one can only say the climate crisis is the biggest security threat of our century,” General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock told The Associated Press in an interview at t…
UN General Assembly chief says curbing climate change would make world more peaceful and safer
By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Harms from climate change are the biggest threat to world peace, the president of the United Nations General Assembly says. “To those who are arguing that in these times we have to focus more on peace and security, one can only say the climate crisis is the biggest security threat of our century,” General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock told The Associated Press in an interview at t…
UN General Assembly chief says curbing climate change would make world more peaceful and safer
By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Harms from climate change are the biggest threat to world peace, the president of the United Nations General Assembly says. “To those who are arguing that in these times we have to focus more on peace and security, one can only say the climate crisis is the biggest security threat of our century,” General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock told The Associated Press in an interview at t…
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