U.N.: Big Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Unaffordable, Secretary-General Tells Petersberg Climate Dialogue, Stressing Such Investments 'Simply Deepen Our Predicament'
May 07, 2021
May 07, 2021
NEW YORK, May 7 -- The United Nations issued the following remarks on May 6, 2021, by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the 2021 Petersberg Climate Dialogue:
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I want to thank Chancellor [Angela] Merkel and the German Government for convening this year's Petersberg Climate Dialogue with the United Kingdom, President of this year's United Nations climate conference. I strongly congratulate Germany for aiming to achieve carbon neutrality in 2045 and incr . . .
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I want to thank Chancellor [Angela] Merkel and the German Government for convening this year's Petersberg Climate Dialogue with the United Kingdom, President of this year's United Nations climate conference. I strongly congratulate Germany for aiming to achieve carbon neutrality in 2045 and incr . . .