ASSOCIATED PRESS • November 3, 2022
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Thursday that the planet is heading toward irreversible “climate chaos” and urged global leaders at the upcoming climate summit in Egypt to put the world back on track to cut emissions, keep promises on climate financing and help developing countries speed their transition to renewable energy. The U.N. chief said the 27th annual Conference of the 198 Parties of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change – better known as COP27 – “must be the place to rebuild trust and re-establish the ambition needed to avoid driving our planet over the climate cliff.”