{"id":35181,"date":"2024-07-27T12:06:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T19:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=35181"},"modified":"2024-07-27T12:06:02","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T19:06:02","slug":"un-chief-says-rich-countries-signing-away-our-future-with-fossil-fuel-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/07\/27\/un-chief-says-rich-countries-signing-away-our-future-with-fossil-fuel-development\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Chief Says Rich Countries ‘Signing Away Our Future’ With Fossil Fuel Development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers a special address on climate action in New York in June 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Photo: Fatih Aktas\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I must call out the flood of fossil fuel expansion we are seeing in some of the world’s wealthiest countries,” U.N. Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres said. “Countries must phaseout fossil fuels\u2014fast and fairly.”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

EDWARD CARVER<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jul 26, 2024 (CommonDreams.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

United Nations Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres on Thursday criticized the world’s wealthiest countries for expanding fossil fuel production, one day after an analysis<\/a> in The Guardian<\/em> showed that five Western countries are leading a global surge in oil and gas development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres’ remarks came as part of a “call to action” on extreme heat at a press conference in New York, after record-setting<\/a> world temperatures earlier in the week and a series of deadly heatwaves<\/a> across the world this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres, who has long been outspoken on the need for climate action, called extreme heat one of the “symptoms” of a “disease” that is the “addiction” to fossil fuels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I must call out the flood of fossil fuel expansion we are seeing in some of the world’s wealthiest countries,” he\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0nine minutes and 53 seconds into his remarks. “In signing such a surge of new oil and gas licenses, they are signing away our future. The leadership of those with the greatest capabilities and capacities is essential. Countries must phaseout fossil fuels\u2014fast and fairly.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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