UN climate chief warns there are 'two years to save the world'

James Murray
clock • 6 min read
Simon Stiell at the COP28 Climate Summit in Dubai / Credit: COP28/Kiara Worth
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Simon Stiell at the COP28 Climate Summit in Dubai / Credit: COP28/Kiara Worth

Simon Stiell acknowledges warning may sound 'melodramatic', but insists time is running out to avoid catastrophic climate impacts

The head of the UN climate change secretariat has issued his starkest warning yet over governments' continued failure to curb global emissions, warning "the next two years are so essential in saving our...

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