Outgoing UN Chief Makes Final Climate Push at New York Summit
Guterres urged leaders to set stronger emissions targets and present plans to phase out fossil fuels as clean energy growth lags demand.
- On Wednesday, outgoing chief Antonio Guterres urged nations to develop firm plans to quit fossil fuels during his final climate meeting at the New York headquarters, hailing renewable energy as "unstoppable."
- The 77-year-old secretary-general prioritized climate issues throughout his nine-year tenure, speaking a day after denouncing "Big Oil" for treating the atmosphere like an "open sewer."
- At the "High-level Event on Climate Action and the Just Transition," Turkey advanced a "35×35" target to increase electricity consumption to 35% by 2035, while Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed co-hosting COP31.
- Nepalese Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal emphasized that financial support "is not a matter of charity; it is a matter of legal and moral liability," noting his climate-vulnerable country produces negligible emissions.
- Although clean energy is growing, critics note it is not fast enough to displace fossil fuels despite increasing demand, even as Rachel Cleetus of the Union of Concerned Scientists hailed Antonio Guterres as "an extraordinary climate champion.
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UN Chief encourages countries to abandon fossil fuels in favour of renewable energy
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday called on countries to move away from fossil fuels, and implement timelines for doing so. Citing the impending climate catastrophe, Guterres pointed out that fossil fuel companies are raking in record profits “while everyday people foot the bill.” The remarks come amid High-Level Week at the UN Headquarters in New York City. There, the UN Climate Summit, consisting of leaders from government, bu…
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged states to adopt concrete plans for the release of fossil fuels on Wednesday, 23 September. UN Secretary-General also welcomed the "unstoppable" rise of renewables at his last climate summit in New York. Noémie Roche, journalist in France, explained 24.
António Guterres urged the states on Wednesday evening to adopt concrete plans to exit fossil fuels and welcomed the rise "that cannot be stopped" of renewables After accusing the
Throughout his mandates, Antonio Guterres tried to mobilize the international community on the issue of climate emergency.
António Guterres said that 'clean energy has gone from alternative to unstoppable' during his speech, calling upon the world to avert climate catastrophe.
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