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CARBON NEUTRALITY BY 2050: THE WORLD’S MOST URGENT MISSION OP-ED ARTICLE BY UN SECRETARY-GENERAL ANTÓNIO GUTERRES

As the world marks the fifth anniversary of the adoption of the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change, a promising movement for carbon neutrality is taking shape.  By next month, countries representing more than 65 per cent of harmful greenhouse gasses and more than 70 per cent of the world economy will have committed to achieve net zero emissions by the middle of the century.

At the same time, the main climate...