UN chief urges all countries to declare climate emergencies and follow through on pollution pledges

Antonio Guterres made the comments at the Climate Ambition summit, where than 75 heads of state are expected to announce renewed emissions-cutting targets or intent to help the most vulnerable nations from climate disasters.

UN chief Antonio Guterres has urged action to avert a climate change ‘catastrophe’. Source: AAP

UN chief Antonio Guterres called on governments Saturday to declare a "state of climate emergency" and make good on their promises to slash carbon pollution as they recover from the pandemic.

Speaking at the opening of the Climate Ambition summit, held online to mark five years since the Paris climate deal, Mr Guterres warned that nations' current commitments were "far from enough" to limit temperature rises to 1.5C degrees Celsius.

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