Home > World 'still knocking on the door of climate catastrophe': UN chief

Sciences
World 'still knocking on the door of climate catastrophe': UN chief

Description

UN chief Antonio Guterres said the world was still on the precipice of "catastrophe" after nations reached a global climate deal Saturday that fell short of what science says is needed to contain dangerous warming. SOUNDBITE

Added on the 13/11/2021 21:55:29 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images

To customise your video :

Or Create an account

More videos on the subject

  • UN chief slams world response to climate change as 'pitiful'

    UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says the world is racing toward a climate change disaster and dismissed the global response as woefully inadequate. He says current climate policies are taking the world to a 2.8-degree temperature rise by the end of the century. "That spells catastrophe. Yet the collective response remains pitiful," Guterres tells a news conference. SOUNDBITE

    15/06/2023 - AFPTV - First images
  • COP27: Choose climate 'solidarity' or 'collective suicide', UN chief tells world leaders

    Humanity must "cooperate or perish" in the face of accelerating climate change impacts, UN chief Antonio Guterres tells world leaders at talks in Egypt on curbing global warming. SOUNDBITE

    07/11/2022 - AFPTV - First images
  • Global energy system 'broken', pushing us towards 'catastrophe': UN Chief Guterres

    Appearing at a press conference for the presentation of a key report on the climate by the United Nation's World Metereological Organization via video-link, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls the global energy system "broken", urging a swift transition away from fossil fuels "before we incinerate our only home". IMAGES

    18/05/2022 - AFPTV - First images
  • World 'way off course' in climate change fight: UN chief

    The world is "way off course" in its plan to prevent catastrophic climate change, warns UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the COP24 climate talks, where world leaders are meeting to flesh out the promises agreed in the 2015 Paris climate accord. SOUNDBITE

    03/12/2018 - AFPTV - First images
  • UN rights chief warns world risks 'dystopian future'

    The UN rights chief warns that the world needs to change paths to avoid a future filled with military escalation, repression, disinformation, deepening inequality and rampant climate change. "We are at a fork in the road: We can either continue on our current path — a treacherous ‘new normal’ — and sleepwalk into a dystopian future, or we can wake up and turn things around for the better, for humanity and the planet," Volker Turk tells the United Nations Human Rights Council. SOUNDBITE

    09/09/2024 - AFPTV - First images

More videosSciences