Article 5BJN0 UN secretary general urges all countries to declare climate emergencies

UN secretary general urges all countries to declare climate emergencies

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Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent
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Antonio Guterres tells Climate Ambition Summit more must be done to hit net zero emissions

Governments around the world should all declare a state of climate emergency until the world has reached net zero CO2 emissions, the UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres, has told a summit of world leaders.

At least 38 countries have already declared such a state of emergency, often owing to their vulnerability to the impacts of climate breakdown, which are already being felt.

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