World's efforts to stop climate crisis are 'utterly inadequate' so far, UN chief Guterres says ahead of COP25 beginning from December 2 in Madrid
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a news conference on the eve of the UN climate summit in Madrid, Spain, December 1, 2019.
He noted that the world has the scientific knowledge and the technical means to limit global warming, but "what is lacking is political will." But he insisted that his message was "one of hope, not of despair. Our war against nature must stop and we know that that is possible." "What is still lacking is political will," he said. "Political will to put a price on carbon. Political will to stop subsidies on fossil fuels. Political will to stop building coal power plants from 2020 onwards. Political will to shift taxation from income to carbon. Taxing pollution instead of people."
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