Climate Change and U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres denounces climate change-fueled summer heatwaves claiming hundreds of lives, calling for bold climate action and labeling extreme heat as a humanitarian emergency.

Call for Action on Climate Change

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called for a ban on fossil fuel companies' ads and increased taxes on energy firms, comparing them to the tobacco industry and urging a stop to their advertising. He emphasized the urgent need for global climate action to prevent a "highway to climate hell."