"World Must Prepare For Climate Calamity": UN Chief
- The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned that the world is unprepared for climate change impacts, stating, "Climate calamity is the new reality. And we're not keeping up."
- Guterres emphasized that climate change affects all nations and communities, noting, "From rising seas and extreme heat waves to relentless droughts and floods, the impacts of climate change now reach every corner of the globe."
- Patrick Verkooijen, CEO of the Global Center on Adaptation, stated that while climate disasters hit poorer communities hardest, the cost of inaction is shared by all.
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"World Must Prepare For Climate Calamity": UN Chief
The world is nowhere near ready for the "calamity" being caused by climate change and must urgently prepare for even worse in the future, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Thursday. Global efforts to adapt to climate change -- from building defensive sea walls to planting drought-resistant crops -- have not kept pace as global warming accelerates the frequency and intensity of disasters. Floods, fires and other climate shocks have affec…


World must better adapt to ‘climate calamity’: UN chief Guterres
PARIS: The world is nowhere near ready for the “calamity” being caused by climate change and must urgently prepare for even worse in the future, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Thursday. Global efforts to adapt to climate change – from building defensive sea walls to planting drought-resistant crops – have not kept pace as global warming accelerates the frequency
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