Article 3YHRV Fossil fuel dependence poses 'direct existential threat', warns UN chief

Fossil fuel dependence poses 'direct existential threat', warns UN chief

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A rapid global shift to clean energy is needed to prevent runaway climate change, says Antonio Guterres

United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres has warned that the world is facing "a direct existential threat" and must rapidly shift from dependence on fossil fuels by 2020 to prevent "runaway climate change".

Guterres called the crisis urgent and decried the lack of global leadership to address global warming.

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