Coal addiction ‘must be overcome’ to ease climate change, UN chief says in Bangkok

In Thailand for the ASEAN Summit, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres visited a climate mitigation project in Bangkok's new Centenary Park on Saturday where he told journalists that “coal addiction must be overcome”.

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