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Antonio Guterres

UN chief: Fossil fuel firms without credible net zero plans 'should not be in business'

Politics

UN chief: Fossil fuel firms without credible net zero plans 'should not be in business'

UN Secretary General António Guterres calls on governments, businesses, and investors to urgently step up action to deliver on climate and biodiversity goals

clock 06 February 2023 • 3 min read
'Big Oil peddled the big lie': UN Secretary General warns fossil fuel industry must be 'held to account'

Politics

'Big Oil peddled the big lie': UN Secretary General warns fossil fuel industry must be 'held to account'

Antonio Guterres tells Davos Summit business leaders must redouble efforts to drive down global emissions

clock 18 January 2023 • 4 min read
'No-nonsense summit': UN chief announces Climate Ambition Summit for 2023

Politics

'No-nonsense summit': UN chief announces Climate Ambition Summit for 2023

António Guterres urges businesses and governments to deliver fresh, ambitious climate plans at September 2023 summit

clock 20 December 2022 • 3 min read
'Zero tolerance for greenwashing': Understanding the UN's red lines on net zero target-setting

Carbon Accounting

'Zero tolerance for greenwashing': Understanding the UN's red lines on net zero target-setting

The UN High Level Expert Group on Net Zero Emissions Commitments of Non-State Entities has today unveiled its recommendations for businesses, financial firms, cities, and regions looking to set robust net zero goals

clock 08 November 2022 • 9 min read
'Polluters must pay': UN Secretary-General calls for windfall taxes on fossil fuel firms

Energy

'Polluters must pay': UN Secretary-General calls for windfall taxes on fossil fuel firms

In strongly worded address to UN General Assembly, Antonio Guterres aims latest stinging criticism at fossil fuel firms and 'their enablers' in the PR and investment industries

clock 20 September 2022 • 4 min read
'Uncharted territory of destruction': WMO warns climate impacts are worsening as emissions rise

Climate change

'Uncharted territory of destruction': WMO warns climate impacts are worsening as emissions rise

New report warns world is 'heading in wrong direction' post-pandemic resulting in a 48 per cent chance the global 1.5C temperature goal could be temporarily breached in next five years

clock 13 September 2022 • 5 min read
'Grotesque greed': UN Secretary-General urges governments to tax fossil fuel firms' 'excessive' profits

Politics

'Grotesque greed': UN Secretary-General urges governments to tax fossil fuel firms' 'excessive' profits

UN chief argues oil and gas firms' profiteering off the energy crisis is 'punishing the poorest and most vulernable people, while destroying our home'

clock 04 August 2022 • 4 min read
'A Peace Plan for the 21st Century': UN Secretary-General urges countries to accelerate renewables transition

Energy

'A Peace Plan for the 21st Century': UN Secretary-General urges countries to accelerate renewables transition

António Guterres warns countries are getting a 'giant fail mark' from scientists and the public opinion over their climate strategies

clock 14 June 2022 • 4 min read
'We are edging ever closer': World could temporarily hit 1.5C warming within five years, WMO warns

Climate change

'We are edging ever closer': World could temporarily hit 1.5C warming within five years, WMO warns

Risk of reaching totemic climate threshold set out in the Paris Agreement on at least one of next five years now at 50 per cent, research shows

clock 10 May 2022 • 6 min read
'We cannot afford slow movers and fake movers': UN Secretary-General warns weak climate targets will derail net zero transition

Management

'We cannot afford slow movers and fake movers': UN Secretary-General warns weak climate targets will derail net zero transition

At launch of new UN net zero scrutiny group, António Guterres argues that ensuring credibility and environmental integrity of net zero pledges is 'essential' to tackling the climate crisis

clock 27 April 2022 • 3 min read
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