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Humanity is on a “highway to climate hell”, the UN secretary general António Guterreshas warned, saying the fight for a liveable planet will be won or lost in this decade.
"The clock is ticking," he tells the audience. "We are in the fight of our lives and we are losing.
"Greenhouse gas emissions keep growing, global temperatures keep rising, and our planet is fast approaching the tipping point that will make climate chaos irreversible.
"We are on a highway to climate hell with our foot still on the accelerator."
He adds the war in Ukraine and other conflicts have had "dramatic impacts" all over the world, but "we cannot accept that our attention is not focused on climate change".