Carbon neutrality goals are useless if not backed by action, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday, stressing that the world cannot “afford any more greenwashing”.
“Commitments to net zero are worth zero without the plans, policies and actions to back it up,” he said in a video message marking the release of an annual assessment by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on progress towards commitments made by signatories of the 2015 Paris climate deal.
