"UN Chief Urges Global Action on Climate Change, Calls for End to Fossil Fuel Subsidies"
UN Secretary General António Guterres warned world leaders at the Climate Ambition Summit that "humanity has opened the gates to hell" due to the devastating effects of the climate crisis. The one-day conference aimed to build momentum towards reducing planet-heating pollution ahead of the UN's COP28 climate summit in December. Guterres called on developed countries to reach net-zero emissions by 2040, ten years earlier than current commitments, and urged countries to phase out fossil fuel emissions and increase finance for clean energy and climate resilience measures. Notably absent from the speaker list were major polluters China, India, and the United States.
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