{"id":80461,"date":"2022-09-20T20:16:23","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T18:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.csregypt.com\/?p=80461"},"modified":"2022-09-20T20:16:23","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T18:16:23","slug":"guterres-urges-ending-climate-carnage-supporting-most-impacted-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csregypt.com\/en\/guterres-urges-ending-climate-carnage-supporting-most-impacted-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Guterres urges ending \u201cclimate carnage\u201d, supporting most-impacted states"},"content":{"rendered":"

United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres<\/a> has called for ending what he called \u201cclimate carnage<\/a>\u201d as well as providing more support for the countries that are the most-impacted but have done very little to cause the phenomenon.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy objective is to make it clear that \u2026we need cooperation, we need dialogue, and the present terrible geopolitical divides are not allowing it to happen. We need to change course,\u201d Guterres said in a wide-ranging interview with UN News ahead of the\u00a0General Assembly<\/a>\u2019s annual high-level week.<\/p>\n

He told UN News: \u201cWe need to increase support to developing countries, not only in the reduction of emissions, but in building resilience, in building the sustainable infrastructure that is necessary for those countries to be able to [withstand] the impacts that are already devastating them. Most of the [climate] hotspots in the world [are] countries that did not contribute in a meaningful way to climate change.\u201d<\/p>\n

Guterres said \u201cClimate change is the defining issue of our time,\u201d adding that \u201cIt is absolutely essential to reduce emissions now. And unfortunately, while we should be able to reduce 45 per cent of the emissions [by] 2030, we are [instead facing] an increase in emissions [by] 14 percent in 2030. So, we absolutely need to reverse this trend. We are heading into a catastrophic situation, and we have not much time to turn things around.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd at the same time, when we look at Pakistan, the level of destruction and the area flooded is three times the [size] of my country [Portugal]. We need to increase support to developing countries, not only in the reduction of emissions, but in building resilience, in building the sustainable infrastructure necessary for those countries to be able to [withstand] the impacts that are already devastating them. Most of the [climate] hotspots in the world are countries that did not contribute in a meaningful way to climate change,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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In our in-depth UN News interview with @antonioguterres<\/a> he says some key decision-makers are downgrading the #ClimateCrisis<\/a> as a priority issue – a suicidal decision.
Look out for our full in-depth interview ahead of #UNGA<\/a>, covering #ClimateAction<\/a> & many other topics pic.twitter.com\/hcZFJ0Va9S<\/a><\/p>\n

— UN News (@UN_News_Centre) September 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n