António Guterres

UN Chief warns against water limitations by 2050

Submitted by saman on Mon, 03/23/2020 - 15:34

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his message on World Water Day, 22 March 2020, announced that by 2050, between 3.5 and 4.4 billion people will live with limited access to water, with more than 1 billion of them living in cities.

UN: Forests absorb about 2b tons of carbon dioxide annually

Submitted by saman on Sun, 03/22/2020 - 13:38

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his message on the International Day of Forests, 21 March 2020, said that forests absorb about 2 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide annually, calling on all governments, businesses and civil society to take urgent action to halt deforestation and restore degraded forests, so future generations can enjoy a greener and healthier future.

Youth are ‘greatest source’ of hope in a world of turmoil: Guterres

Submitted by saman on Tue, 12/31/2019 - 14:17

Against the backdrop of persistent inequality, rising hatred, “a world at war and a warming planet”; with climate change as “a long-term problem” and “a clear and present danger”; UN Secretary General António Guterres said in his New Year’s message that “we cannot afford to be the generation that fiddled while the planet burned.”