UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warns that the world is in 'a life-or-death struggle' for survival as 'climate chaos gallops ahead' and accused the world’s 20 wealthiest countries of failing to do enough to stop the planet from overheating
In this Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021 file photo, a floating dock sits on the lakebed of the Suesca lagoon, in Suesca, Colombia.
The UN chief said on Monday emissions of global-warming greenhouse gases are at an all-time high and rising, and it’s time for “a quantum level compromise” between rich developed countries that emitted most of the heat-trapping gases and emerging economies that often feel its worst effects. In the last few weeks, Guterres has amped up a push for climate’s version of asking polluters pay for what they’ve done, usually called “loss and damage,” and he said that people need action now.
Rich countries, especially the United States, have emitted far more than their share of heat-trapping carbon dioxide from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas, data shows. Nations like Pakistan and Cuba have been hurt far more than their share of global carbon emissions.
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