Guterres appealed to world leaders Tuesday to show solidarity and act on the climate crisis, warning that humanity was on track for 'catastrophe.'
New York UN Secretary General António Guterres appealed to world leaders Tuesday to show solidarity and act on the climate crisis, warning that humanity was on track for a"hellscape" of temperature rise that would bring"catastrophe."
At the opening of the UN General Assembly in New York, Guterres called specifically on leaders to end subsidies on fossil fuels, end the use of coal, invest in renewable energy, and tax carbon and pollution"instead of people's income." Not a single G20 country is in line with the Paris Agreement on climate, analysis shows"The climate alarm bells are also ringing at fever pitch," he said.
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