COP29 Baku - Azerbaijan

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UN Spokesperson speach in Baku

REPORTS - 8 days ago

This morning,  Secretary-General António Guterres spoke at the opening of the 29th meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change – COP29 – in Baku, Azerbaijan. 

The Secretary-General told leaders that we are in the final countdown to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius and time is not on our side. He added that this is a story of avoidable injustice. The rich cause the problem, the poor pay the highest price. The richest billionaires emit more carbon in an hour and a half than the average person does in a lifetime. 

The Secretary-General told leaders it’s time to deliver and he highlighted three priorities:

1️⃣ Emergency emissions reductions

2️⃣ Protecting people from the ravages of the climate crisis 

3️⃣ Delivering on climate finance. 

“On climate finance, the world must pay up, or humanity will pay the price,” he said.