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Tracey Ferrier

‘This can be done’: UN chief says net-zero deadlines must be brought forward a decade

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wants "warp speed" action to limit warming to 1.5 degrees.

Australia and other developed countries must achieve net-zero emissions a decade earlier than most have promised, the chief of the United Nations says.

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says “warp speed” action is needed to save humanity from the thin ice it’s on, and what happens this decade will be key to limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius or overshooting it with catastrophic consequences.

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