UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
made the dire assessment in the lead-up to his "state of the world" speech on Sept.
20.
Representatives from 150 nations will meet in person for the first time in three years as the
77th General Assembly meeting convenes.
A spokesman for the UN stated that while Guterres will not fall to "sugar-coating" in his remarks.
... he will "outline reasons for hope.".
The Secretary-General did not spare words for fossil fuel companies.
... calling for concerted global taxes to assist emerging economies struggling due to the climate crisis.
[Fossil fuel companies are] feasting on hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies and windfall profits while household budgets shrink and our
planet burns, António Guterres, UN Secretary General, via CNN.
I am calling on all developed economies to tax the windfall profits of fossil fuel companies, António Guterres, UN Secretary General, via CNN.
Those funds should be redirected in two ways: to countries suffering loss and damage caused by the climate crisis, and to people struggling with rising food and energy prices, António Guterres, UN Secretary General, via CNN.
Guterres chastised governments that place the climate crisis on the "back burner.".
The climate crisis is the defining issue of our time, António Guterres, UN Secretary General, via CNN.
It must be the first priority of every government and multilateral organization.
, António Guterres, UN Secretary General, via CNN.
And yet climate action is being put on the back burner – despite overwhelming public support around the world, António Guterres, UN Secretary General, via CNN.
The assembly is expected to also focus on education, gender equality and poverty
World Leaders Ask Israel , Not to Retaliate for Iranian Attack.
On April 13, Iran launched hundreds
of drones and missiles at Israel.
The attack came after two Iranian
generals were killed in "a suspected
Israeli strike in Syria" on April 1, AP reports. .
99% of Iran's drones and missiles were intercepted by Israel, according to a military spokesperson. .
World leaders are cautioning
Israel to show restraint and resist
retaliating against Iran, AP reports. .
Now is the time to be smart
as well as tough, to think
with head as well as heart, David Cameron, British foreign secretary, via statement.
We cannot afford another front
in the Middle East. There would only
be losers, in the region and beyond, Alexander Schallenberg, Austria’s foreign minister, via statement.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called Israel's ability to intercept Iran's attack "really impressive" and urged the country to "contribute to de-escalation.".
This is a success that perhaps also
should not be thrown away. Hence
also our advice to contribute to
de-escalation themselves, Olaf Scholz, German chancellor, via statement.
Kenya urges Israel to show utmost restraint
taking into account the urgent need for all
parties to walk away from the brink beyond
which recovery will be enormously difficult. , William Ruto, president of Kenya, via statement.
We have condemned, we have
intervened, we will do everything
to avoid an escalation, an inferno, Emmanuel Macron, president of France, via statement.
Now is the time to defuse
and de-escalate. Now is the
time for maximum restraint, António Guterres, U.N. secretary-general, via statement.
While on a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu, President Joe Biden
also condemned a retaliatory strike, saying,
"You got a win. Take the win," a senior official said. .
While on a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu, President Joe Biden
also condemned a retaliatory strike, saying,
"You got a win. Take the win," a senior official said.
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UN Issues 'Red Alert' , Regarding Global Warming , After Record Heat in 2023.
Al Jazeera reports that the United Nations' weather
agency has sounded a "red alert" regarding global
warming, citing a number of different factors.
Those factors include record-breaking levels of
greenhouse gas emissions in 2023, as well as
record-high temperatures on both land and sea.
Those factors include record-breaking levels of
greenhouse gas emissions in 2023, as well as
record-high temperatures on both land and sea.
The U.N.'s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warns there is a "high probability" that 2024 will continue to break high-temperature records. .
The same March 19 report warned
that the world's efforts to reverse
global warming have proven to be inadequate.
Never have we been so close –
albeit on a temporary basis at
the moment – to the 1.5C lower
limit of the Paris Agreement
on climate change. , Celeste Saulo, World Meteorological Organization
(WMO) secretary-general, via Al Jazeera.
The WMO community
is sounding the red
alert to the world, Celeste Saulo, World Meteorological Organization
(WMO) secretary-general, via Al Jazeera.
According to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate
Change Service, the world has already exceeded the
1.5 degree Celsius limit set by the Paris Agreement.
Earth’s issuing a distress call, Antonio Guterres, U.N. Secretary-General, via Al Jazeera.
The latest State of the Global
Climate report shows a planet
on the brink. Fossil fuel pollution is
sending climate chaos off the charts, Antonio Guterres, U.N. Secretary-General, via Al Jazeera.
Al Jazeera reports that the news comes as experts
and government representatives are set to meet in
Copenhagen to push for greater global climate actions. .
Al Jazeera reports that the news comes as experts
and government representatives are set to meet in
Copenhagen to push for greater global climate actions.
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