UN chief Guterres laments ‘naked greed’ of fossil fuel interests

“The move from fossil fuels to renewables is happening – but we are decades behind,” Guterres said. — Reuters

WASHINGTON: Countries addressing a climate summit during the UN General Assembly criticised big polluters for not doing more to tackle global warming, and the UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres says time is running short thanks to the “naked greed” of fossil fuel interests.

With the two-week UN climate summit, COP28, due to start on Nov 29 in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Guterres and leaders from climate-vulnerable nations implored policymakers around the world to phase out climate-warming fossil fuels.“The move from fossil fuels to renewables is happening – but we are decades behind,” Guterres said at the start of the one-day summit.