UN Chief Guterres Takes Aim at Oil Company Profits at COP31 in Antalya, Urges Fossil Fuel Transition Roadmaps
UN Secretary-General António Guterres said at the COP31 climate conference in Antalya, Türkiye, on November 10 that fossil fuels are not only driving the climate crisis, and that dependence on them carries a steep economic and security price, as the crisis in the Middle East has laid bare. He said families, businesses and governments are paying the price, while nine oil companies are on track to rake in more than US$95 billion in just three months.
Guterres urged all countries to build concrete national roadmaps for transitioning away from fossil fuels, aligned with science and with clear timelines and responsibilities, and encouraged greater cooperation between fossil fuel importing and exporting countries. He said that by 2028, every country should be able to show what it has done to cut fossil fuel use or production, and outline what it will do next.
COP31 is co-presided over by Türkiye and Australia. Guterres, who will step down at the end of the year, spoke alongside former COP presidents and former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the launch of the Brazil COP30 presidency roadmap. A UN report last month showed the world is poised to warm well beyond the 1.5-degree-Celsius threshold as greenhouse gas emissions continue to grow.
(Source: Office of the UN Secretary-General)
Source: Office of the UN Secretary-General
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