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UNITED Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres has called for “immediate, rapid and large-scale” cuts to greenhouse gas emissions ahead of next week’s general assembly meeting.
Intensifying extreme weather events such as Hurricane Ida in the United States and the devastating floods that swept Germany and Belgium this year should warn rich countries that climate change was their problem too, he said.
“These changes are just the beginning of worse to come,” Mr Guterres stressed.
Without much more urgent action, “we will be unable to limit global heating to 1.5°C. The consequences will be catastrophic.”
This November’s Cop26 conference in Glasgow is seen as an opportunity for major polluters to announce tougher action to reduce emissions.
The UN secretary-general spoke at the release of United in Science 21, a report published by six UN bodies and scientific organisations.
Because emissions already released continue to affect the climate, “even with ambitious action to slow greenhouse gas emissions, sea levels will continue to rise and threaten low-lying islands and coastal populations throughout the world,” the report warns.
