BREAKING NEWS... UN Secretary General Guterres: Countries must do their part
Delivering the opening speech at the COP31 Leaders Summit, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated that faster action was needed to stop the climate disaster.
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In his opening speech at the COP31 Leaders Summit, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for abandoning fossil fuels and moving much faster to stop the climate crisis.
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UN Secretary General Guterres drew attention to the slowness of climate action at the opening of the COP31 Leaders Summit.
Within the scope of the COP31 Leaders Summit, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres made the opening speech at COP31.
Guterres gave the following messages in his statements:
We must stop the climate catastrophe. Science alone cannot enable the transition to renewable energy. We must give up fossil fuels just like we gave up dinosaurs. We must stop distorting science and postponing scientific action.
UN Secretary General Guterres addressed the world at the COP31 Summit: "We have to stop the climate crisis" | video
The biggest problem is that the world is progressing very slowly. When we look at current national plans, we see that only one-third of even conditional targets have been achieved. We must move much faster. The clock is ticking fast. Now is the time to either act or give up.
Climate justice will be the biggest test of the coming years. As we ask countries to transform their economies, we cannot avoid providing them with the necessary resources. Countries must do their part.
Open Questions
- What concrete steps will countries take to achieve the goals?
- How will the necessary resources be provided?
