Far more needed to ‘confront the world’s climate emergency’, Guterres tells ASEAN-UN Summit

Four of the 10 countries most affected by climate change are members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said on Sunday, urging the ASEAN-UN Summit in Bangkok to “confront the world’s climate emergency”.

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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”.

In Pakistan, Guterres urges world to step up climate action, praises support to Afghan refugees

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