UN secretary-general has urged the Group of 20 leaders to send a strong message on climate change

ASSOCIATED PRESS • August 8, 2023

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday urged the Group of 20 top economic powers, which are responsible for more than 80% of the emissions that cause global warming, to use their weekend summit to send a strong message on climate change. Guterres said all licensing or funding for new fossil fuel projects should be stopped and that the G20 must keep the “1.5-degree goal alive,” referring to the 2015 Paris climate agreement that set 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit as a global guardrail in atmospheric warming, with countries pledging to try to prevent that much long-term warming if possible.