The Latest Breaking News from António Guterres

Recent UN report reveals alarming increase in violence against children in conflict zones worldwide, urging immediate action to protect children and addres...

In a recent speech, UN secretary-general António Guterres called upon “every country to ban advertising from fossil fuel companies”. He urged the professional services and creative industries to “stop taking on new fossil fuel clients, from today, and set out plans to drop your existing ones”.

More ‘grave violations’ committed in occupied territories and Israel than anywhere else in world, report says

Adding Israel to the report this month is expected to intensify global attention on the country's actions during the conflict in Gaza.

Inclusion comes after eight months of the country’s bombing of Gaza which has killed 13,000 children and a day after Israel bombed a UN school

UN secretary general makes plea for nuclear states to agree on mutual pledge not to be first to use nuclear weapons

The Guardian contacted 11 major organizations that run fossil-fuel ads after Wednesday’s speech by António Guterres

Can we imagine a world without fossil fuel advertising, let alone fossil fuels themselves? That was essentially the question posed by United Nations Secretary General António Guterres this week.

UN Secretary-General condemns deadly Israeli airstrike on UN-run school in Gaza, calls for ceasefire and protection of civilians in conflict zones.

‘The industry is rapidly strangling our planet,’ says Andrew Wilkie, who joins Allegra Spender, Sophie Scamps, Zali Steggall and Monique Ryan in call for ban

Average global temperatures have an 80 per cent chance of increasing by 1.5C in the next five years, the UN warned