COP27: UN chief sounds alarm without climate change rethink
By Georgina RannardCountries must re-prioritise climate change or the world faces catastrophe, the UN chief has told BBC News.
"There has been a tendency to put climate change on the back burner," he said. "If we are not able to reverse the present trend, we will be doomed."Mr Guterres said that current global problems such as inflation, Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the high prices of energy and food were distracting governments.The UN chief insisted that leaders should not abandon key goals, including keeping global temperature rise to 1.
He also called on the US and China to work together at the conference, saying the world relies on their leadership. In August, China said it was ending co-operation with the US on climate change after a"This is the defining issue of our time, nobody has the right to sacrifice international action on climate change for any reason," he warned.