{"id":42832,"date":"2025-07-23T13:35:36","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T20:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=42832"},"modified":"2025-07-23T13:35:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T20:35:37","slug":"un-chief-says-nations-clinging-to-fossil-fuels-are-sabotaging-their-own-economies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/23\/un-chief-says-nations-clinging-to-fossil-fuels-are-sabotaging-their-own-economies\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Chief Says Nations Clinging to Fossil Fuels Are ‘Sabotaging’ Their Own Economies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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United Nations Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres delivers a speech on climate and renewable energy at U.N. headquarters in New York City on July 22, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0(Photo: Timothy A. Clary\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The clean energy future is no longer a promise. It’s a fact,” said United Nations Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres. “No government, no industry, no special interest can stop it.”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

JAKE JOHNSON<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jul 22, 2025 (CommonDreams.org)<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

United Nations Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres said Tuesday that fossil fuels represent “the greatest threat to energy security today” and warned that countries clinging to the primary driver of the climate emergency are “sabotaging” their own economies\u2014and futures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres said<\/a> the international community is “on the cusp of a new era,” pointing to record investments<\/a> in green energy around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The clean energy future is no longer a promise. It’s a fact,” said Guterres. “No government, no industry, no special interest can stop it. Of course, the fossil fuel lobby of some fossil fuel companies will try\u2014and we know the lengths to which they will go. But I have never been more confident that they will fail\u2014because we have passed the point of no return.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Countries that cling to fossil fuels are not protecting their economies\u2014they are sabotaging them,” he continued. “Driving up costs, undermining competitiveness, locking in stranded assets, and missing the greatest economic opportunity of the 21st century.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Countries that cling to fossil fuels are sabotaging their economies.

Driving up costs, undermining competitiveness, locking-in stranded assets.

They are missing the greatest economic opportunity of the 21st\u00a0century: the renewable energy revolution. pic.twitter.com\/EVKhxJU2u1<\/a><\/p>— Ant\u00f3nio Guterres (@antonioguterres) July 22, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>