'No more baby steps. No more excuses. No more greenwashing,' said UN Secretary-General antonioguterres. 'No more bottomless greed of the fossil fuel industry and its enablers.'
"I have a special message for fossil fuel producers and their enablers scrambling to expand production and raking in monster profits: If you cannot set a credible course for net-zero, with 2025 and 2030 targets covering all your operations, you should not be in business," said Guterres."Your core product is our core problem."In order to halve global greenhouse gas emissions this decade, the U.N.
"The invitation is open to any leader—in government, business, or civil society," Guterres said Monday."But it comes with a condition: Show us accelerated action in this decade and renewed ambitious net-zero plans—or please don't show up." Guterres added that"humanity is taking a sledgehammer to our world's rich biodiversity—with brutal and even irreversible consequences for people and planet. Our ocean is choked by pollution, plastics, and chemicals. And vampiric overconsumption is draining the lifeblood of our planet—water."
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