UN chief says 'immediate and drastic' emissions cuts needed to avert climate change catastrophe
By Suzan Fraser
"You cannot build peace on a burning planet," United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told reporters, stressing that climate change is central to the U.N.'s work because it contributes to geopolitical instability.
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United Nations
An international organisation of nearly all the world's countries, founded in 1945 to maintain peace and promote cooperation.
Its bodies coordinate humanitarian aid, peacekeeping and responses to global problems.
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The long-term rise in global temperatures and changes in weather patterns, driven mainly by greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels.
It brings more extreme heat, floods and droughts, affecting food, health and economies.
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