Skip to main content

Paris, France (AFP) – Humanity is ‘paying a terrible price’ for inaction on global warming, with time running out to correct the course and avoid climate disaster, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Thursday.

“There is a direct link between increasing emissions and increasingly frequent and intense climate disasters. Around the world, people are paying a terrible price,” said Guterres at the launch of the UN Environment Programme’s Emissions Gap report.

np-dep/klm/db

© Agence France-Presse

Featured image credit: Freepik

Graphic news (s. climate, science, research, scientists. emission targets, floods, environment)
Paris climate agreement still humanity’s ‘best hope’: EU chiefNews

Paris climate agreement still humanity’s ‘best hope’: EU chief

Davos, Switzerland | AFP EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday said Europe remained committed to the Paris climate agreement, after US President Donald…
SourceSourceJanuary 21, 2025 Full article
Image: Wildfire (s. forest, fire, climate)
Extreme wildfires have doubled in just 20 years – here’s the scienceClimate

Extreme wildfires have doubled in just 20 years – here’s the science

By Víctor Fernández García and Cristina Santín, The Conversation It feels like we are getting used to the Earth being on fire. Recently, more than 70 wildfires burned…
SourceSourceJuly 1, 2024 Full article
Graphic news (s. climate, science, research, scientists. emission targets, floods, environment)
Barbados PM renews call for taxes on fossil fuels, shipping at COP29News

Barbados PM renews call for taxes on fossil fuels, shipping at COP29

Baku, Azerbaijan | AFP - Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley renewed Tuesday her call for taxes on fossil fuels, aviation and shipping, saying hundreds of…
SourceSourceNovember 12, 2024 Full article