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U.N. warns the world must end its ‘suicidal war’
The United Nations General Assembly is gathering in person for the first time in three years
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres used his address to highlight the ongoing climate crisis and the war in Ukraine.
He says the world must end its “suicidal war against nature” adding this “must be the first priority of every government and multilateral organisation”.
The Secretary-General is calling for global greenhouse gas emissions to be slashed by 45% by 20-30 if we want to have “any hope of reaching net zero by 2050.”
His comments follow Europe’s worst heatwave since the Middle Ages, as well as droughts in China, the United States and beyond.
He pointed out that G20 countries are responsible for 80 per cent of all greenhouse gas emissions, but the poorest nations are bearing its most brutal impacts.