António Guterres calls for ‘clear next steps’ as countries face pressure to agree concrete measures
Turkey and Australia, the co-hosts of crucial climate talks, must urgently move from discussing the end of fossil fuels to delivering it, the UN chief has said.
“It is long past time to stop treating the transition away from fossil fuels as taboo or intractable,” António Guterres said, in a dramatic intervention on the second day of the conference on Tuesday. “Now, here at Cop31, we must move from discussing the transition to organising it, financing it, and delivering it.”