Tag: UN Secretary-General
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Earth Hour: ‘Make peace with nature’ – UN chief
The world began to ripple to darkness on Saturday as countries globally dimmed their lights at 8:30 pm local time for Earth Hour – an event that, according to the UN, encourages individuals, communities, and businesses to turn off non-essential electric lights, for one hour. In his message to mark the event, Secretary-General António Guterres said that…
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UN secretary general urges all countries to declare climate emergencies
Governments around the world should all declare a state of climate emergency until the world has reached net zero CO2 emissions, the UN secretary general, António Guterres, has told a summit of world leaders. At least 38 countries have already declared such a state of emergency, often owing to their vulnerability to the impacts of…