The UN announced a “no-nonsense” Climate Ambition Summit next year amid mounting frustration with world leaders’ refusal to phase out fossil fuels and take other necessary steps to combat runaway planetary warming.
UN Secretary General António Guterres speaks to the press at the United Nations headquarters on October 17, 2022, in New York City.United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced Monday that he will convene a “no-nonsense” Climate Ambition Summit next year amid mounting frustration with world leaders’ refusal to phase out fossil fuels and take other necessary steps to combat runaway planetary warming.
“I call on every leader to step up — from governments, business, cities and regions, civil society, and finance,” Guterresduring his end-of-year press conference at U.N. headquarters in New York City. “They must come with new, tangible, and credible climate action to accelerate the pace of change. The invitation is open.”
“But,” the U.N. chief added, “there is a price of entry and the price of entry is non-negotiable — credible, serious, and new climate action and nature-based solutions that will move the needle forward and respond to the urgency of the climate crisis must be presented. It will be a no-nonsense summit. No exceptions. No compromises. There will be no room for back-sliders, greenwashers, blame-shifters, or repackaging of announcements of previous years.
News of the special conference, set to take place in September 2023, comes after two recently concluded U.N. climate summits — the lobbyist-riddled
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