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UN Secretary-General calls for end to new coal plants after 2020

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clock 10 May 2019 •
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

UN chief Antonio Guterres tells Associated Press countries should stop building new coal from next year or face 'total disaster'

Countries should call time on new coal-fired power plants from next year, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has declared in an interview warning inaction on climate change could bring "total disaster"...

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