FILE PHOTO: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Secretary-General Angel Gurria attends a news conference to present the economic report on Germany in Berlin, Germany, June 12, 2018. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi
GENEVA (Reuters) - Politicians who fail to act on climate change will pay the price electorally, the head of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said in a climate speech on Wednesday, criticising some governments for going the wrong way.
OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria called out the United States, China, India, Canada, Mexico and Australia for worsening climate change, and called for "a big fat price on carbon" and phasing out fossil fuel subsidies.
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