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SECRETARY GENERAL’S MESSAGE ON “CLIMATE ACTION FOR PEOPLE AND PLANET: THE TIME IS NOW”

In this pivotal year for humanity, now is the time for bold climate action.

The science is irrefutable and globally agreed: to stop the climate crisis from becoming a permanent catastrophe, we must limit global heating to 1.5 degrees Celsius. 

To do this, we must get to net zero emissions of greenhouse gases by mid-century.  Countries making up about two-thirds of the global...