UN chief opens climate summit with call for hope over ‘surrender

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  • The world must choose hope over surrender in the fight against climate change, U.N. secretary-general Antonio Guterres said on Monday, warning a summit in Madrid that governments risked sleepwalking past a point of no return.
  • Mr. Antonio Guterres was speaking at the 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Madrid, Spain.
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  • More about United Nations Climate Change Conference 2019 (COP25)
  • The UN Climate Change Conference COP 25 (2 – 13 December 2019) is being held under the Presidency of the Government of Chile and is being held with logistical support from the Government of Spain.
  • The President for the conference is Ms. Carolina Schmidt, Minister of Environment of Chile.
  • Objective: A key objective is to complete several matters with respect to the full operationalization of the Paris Climate Change Agreement.
Source
The Hindu
Posted by Jawwad Kazi on 3rd Dec 2019
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