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'Destructive' fossil fuels behind energy and climate crises: UN chief

UN Secretary-General Guterres urged immediate action on climate change, stating that fossil fuels are the shared destructive origin of both climate and energy crises.

AFP WORLD
Published June 23,2026
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Tuesday for the world to act with "far greater urgency" to limit global warming, warning that fossil fuels were driving twin climate and energy crises.

"On the surface, these crises may seem separate. But they share the same destructive origin: Fossil fuels," Guterres said at London Climate Action Week, an annual gathering of policymakers, company executives and NGOs.