World facing "grave climate emergency": UN chief
- 5 years ago
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is calling for immediate climate action,... warning that the world "is facing a grave climate emergency".
Speaking at the Abu Dhabi Climate Meeting on Sunday,.. the UN chief called on governments to stop building new coal plants by 2020,... cut greenhouse emissions by 45-percent over the next decade,... and overhaul fossil-fuel driven economies,... with new technologies like solar and wind.
Guterres painted a grim picture of how rapidly climate change is advancing,... adding it's outpacing efforts to address it.
He also praised the Paris climate accord,... but said even if its promises are fully met,... the world still faces a three-degree temperature rise by the end of the century.
Speaking at the Abu Dhabi Climate Meeting on Sunday,.. the UN chief called on governments to stop building new coal plants by 2020,... cut greenhouse emissions by 45-percent over the next decade,... and overhaul fossil-fuel driven economies,... with new technologies like solar and wind.
Guterres painted a grim picture of how rapidly climate change is advancing,... adding it's outpacing efforts to address it.
He also praised the Paris climate accord,... but said even if its promises are fully met,... the world still faces a three-degree temperature rise by the end of the century.