World must unite on climate or ‘we will be doomed’: UN chief

Antonio Guterres called for nations to use the pandemic as a springboard to launch “transformational measures” in energy, transport, industry and in the way people live.

World powers must pull together and retool their economies for a green future or humanity will be “doomed”, UN chief Antonio Guterres has warned.

World powers must pull together and retool their economies for a green future or humanity will be “doomed”, UN chief Antonio Guterres has warned. (AP)

Guterres called for nations to use the pandemic as a springboard to launch “transformational measures” in energy, transport, industry and in the way people live, in interviews with AFP and other members of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of news outlets committed to increased climate coverage.

“Either we are united, or we will be doomed,” he said.