"Record rains and biblical floods" - Antonio Guterres

"Around the world, people are paying a terrible price. Record emissions mean record sea temperatures supercharging monster hurricanes, record heat is turning forests into tinder boxes and cities into saunas. Record rains are resulting in biblical floods. Today's Emissions Gap Report is clear: we are playing with fire, but there can be no more playing for time. We are out of time."

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres. Source: AP / Niranjan Shrestha/AP