U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Monday that the world is in “a life-or-death struggle” for survival as “ climate chaos gallops ahead” and accused the world's 20 wealthiest countries of failing to do enough to stop the planet from overheating.
Published Monday, October 3, 2022 9:53PM EDT
The U.N. chief said emissions of global-warming greenhouse gases are at an all-time high and rising, and it's time for “a quantum level compromise” between rich developed countries that emitted most of the heat-trapping gases and emerging economies that often feel its worst effects. impacts around the world - from floods that put one-third of Pakistan under water and Europe's hottest summer in 500 years to hurricanes and typhoons that have hammered the Philippines, Cuba and the U.S. state of Florida.'s version of asking polluters pay for what they've done, usually called “loss and damage,” and he said Monday that people need action now.damage. This is a moral imperative that cannot be ignored.
Rich countries, especially the United States, have emitted far more than their share of heat-trapping carbon dioxide from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas, data shows. Poor nations like Pakistan and Cuba have been hurt far more than their share of global carbon emissions.
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