UN chief António Guterres urges countries to declare climate emergencies - video

Every country should declare a state of climate emergency until the world has reached net zero carbon emissions, the UN secretary general, António Guterres, told a virtual summit of world leaders on Saturday.'Can anybody still deny that we are facing a dramatic emergency?' Guterres asked, adding countries had a responsibility to young people to reduce and eliminate high-carbon activities after borrowing trillions to cushion the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemicUN secretary general urges all countries to declare climate emergenciesUK to stop funding overseas fossil fuel projects Continue reading...