Antalya, Turkey | AFP

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told AFP on Thursday that soaring fossil fuel profits were “morally unacceptable” and urged governments to speed up the transition away from coal, oil and gas.

“Governments need to protect the interests of their peoples, not the interests of a group of companies,” said Guterres in an exclusive interview on the sidelines of the COP31 climate summit in Antalya, Turkey.

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