UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued a disastrous warning to representatives of 40 countries at the Petersburg Climate Dialogue on Monday calling for more concrete action to address what he called a “climate emergency.”
“We have choices,” Guterres said in a video message. “Group action or mass suicide. It’s in our hands.”
Guterres did not directly mention the heat waves that punish most of Europe, but his comments spurred wildfires in some areas as the continental belt faced dangerously high temperatures on Monday. Sometimes came.
Wales reached record highs on Monday at 37.1 degrees Celsius (98.8 degrees Fahrenheit), surpassing records recorded earlier in the day. National Weather Service of the United Kingdom.. In addition to heat waves, France and Spain are also facing wildfires in some areas.
“Half of humanity is in the danger zone of floods, droughts, storms and wildfires,” Guterres said. “No country has immunity.”
The Petersberg Climate Dialogue will serve as a forum for discussing climate protection agreements before the United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP27, in Egypt this November. In his speechGuterres needs to reduce emissions, treat climate adaptation urgently, provide financial support to developing countries, and create a “concrete global response” to help the most vulnerable. Was emphasized. People in Africa, South Asia and Latin America are 15 times more likely to die from extreme weather, Guterres said.
“In the face of this global crisis, we have failed to work together as a multilateral community,” Guterres said. “The nation is not responsible for our collective future, but is continuing the game of blame. It cannot continue as it is.”