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Old 12-02-2020, 11:20 AM
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Exclamation 'Waging war on nature': UN chief delivers dire warning about climate change

'Waging war on nature': UN chief delivers dire warning about climate change
By: Julia Jacobo - The Associated Press & ABC News - 12-02-20
Re: https://abcnews.go.com/International...ry?id=74501945

A grim future awaits if emissions aren't curbed, he said.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has given another dire warning on the dangers of climate change ahead of another international climate change summit.

Guterres described the state of the planet as "broken" while speaking at Columbia University on Wednesday, adding that "apocalyptic" weather events, such as fires and floods, have become "the new normal."

"Humanity is waging war on nature," Guterres said. "This is suicidal."

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This is an aerial view of San Pedro Sula, Honduras, on Nov. 18, 2020, which was flooded by the o...

The global temperature in 2020 is on track to end about 1.2 degrees Celsius warmer than the end of 1800s, dangerously close to the 2-degree Celsius cap scientists have warned against hitting before conditions in much of the world become unlivable, according to a report by the World Meteorological Organization.

On Dec. 12, the U.N. is hosting a virtual climate summit in France on the fifth anniversary of the Paris agreement. Pledges have been made by more than 100 countries to avoid adding more heat-trapping gases to the atmosphere than trees and technology can remove, a promise about which Guterres expressed optimism.

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In this Sept. 27, 2020 file photo, the Glass fire burns in Napa County's St. Helena, Calif.

Both Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President-elect Joe Biden have pledged to strive for net-zero emissions.

On Monday, Biden and Guterres spoke about the need for a strengthened partnership between the U.S. and U.N. on urgent issues, including confronting the threat of climate change and advancing sustainable development.

Guterres said Wednesday that the world can not curb emissions "without U.S. leadership."

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Note: This is not going to happen overnight. It could a decade or longer to see any appreciable change in climate. It may get worse before we make it better.

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