This is not the first time that he has chosen sensational statements to try to warn about climate change. Despite the announced prospect of a “catastrophe”, the collective response of the world remains “pitiful”, denounced Thursday the secretary general of the UN.
“We are rushing towards disaster with eyes wide open, with far too many people ready to gamble everything on wishful thinking, unproven technologies or quick fixes,” Antonio Guterres said at a press conference. a press conference. “Current policies lead the world towards a warming of +2.8°C by the end of the century. This announces a disaster. Yet the collective response is pitiful. »
” It’s time to wake up “
“Countries are far from delivering on their climate promises and commitments. I see a lack of ambition. A lack of trust. A lack of support. A lack of cooperation. And a plethora of problems of clarity and credibility,” hammered home the Secretary General, who will organize a summit on climate action in New York on September 20. “It’s time to wake up and pick up the pace”, he pleaded, still believing that meeting the ideal objective of the agreement to limit warming to +1.5°C is “still possible”. . But for that, we must act “immediately”, starting “with the polluted heart of the climate crisis: fossil fuels”.
Asked about the fact that the president of the next COP28 on climate, Sultan Al Jaber, is also the boss of the Emirati national oil company ADNOC, Antonio Guterres noted that his “appeal is not aimed at people, but at the bottom, the solution”. “For me, what is essential in the COPs is to ensure that those who are most connected to the sectors that have benefited from the economy of the past recognize the importance of being leaders in creating the economy of the future,” he said.