World leaders must break deadly cycle of global warming at COP28 climate conference, warns UN chief
2023-11-28 09:56:33 source：CGTN
November 28, 2023
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres emphasized on Monday that world leaders attending the COP28 climate conference this week need to interrupt the perilous progression of global warming before a "critical tipping point" is encountered.
The UN chief was briefing reporters at the UN headquarters in New York after seeing for himself over the weekend the "profoundly shocking" speed at which ice is melting in Antarctica — three times faster than the rate in the early 1990s.
COP28, which refers to the 28th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, is scheduled to be held in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, from November 30 to December 12.
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