Antonio Guterres Archives https://www.climatechangenews.com/tag/antonio-guterres/ Climate change news, analysis, commentary, video and podcasts focused on developments in global climate politics Thu, 19 Feb 2026 14:56:30 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.climatechangenews.com/wp-content/files/2025/02/cropped-site-icon-120x120.png Antonio Guterres Archives https://www.climatechangenews.com/tag/antonio-guterres/ 32 32 UN head calls for platform for “honest dialogue” on fossil fuel transition https://www.climatechangenews.com/2026/02/18/un-head-calls-for-platform-for-honest-dialogue-on-fossil-fuel-transition/ https://www.climatechangenews.com/2026/02/18/un-head-calls-for-platform-for-honest-dialogue-on-fossil-fuel-transition/#respond Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:21:42 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=83039 Antonio Guterres wants producers and consumers of fossil fuels to plan the energy transition together to avoid "crisis and chaos"

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]]> https://www.climatechangenews.com/2026/02/18/un-head-calls-for-platform-for-honest-dialogue-on-fossil-fuel-transition/feed/ 0 New climate plans must supercharge energy transition, says UN’s Guterres https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/07/22/new-climate-plans-must-supercharge-energy-transition-says-uns-guterres/ https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/07/22/new-climate-plans-must-supercharge-energy-transition-says-uns-guterres/#respond Tue, 22 Jul 2025 13:47:01 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=73092 UN secretary-general urges governments to send a clear signal in their NDCs about the 'inevitable' shift away from fossil fuels

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]]> https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/07/22/new-climate-plans-must-supercharge-energy-transition-says-uns-guterres/feed/ 0 UN head Guterres contradicts Cop28 host on fossil fuel phaseout https://www.climatechangenews.com/2023/06/15/antonio-guterres-un-cop28-uae-ccs/ Thu, 15 Jun 2023 16:30:43 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=48711 The UAE say "fossil fuel emissions" should be phased out but Guterres said "fossil fuels" themselves must go, in a split on the role of carbon capture

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]]> UN, IMF disagree on who should foot the bill of the energy crisis https://www.climatechangenews.com/2022/08/04/un-imf-disagree-on-who-should-foot-the-bill-of-the-energy-crisis/ Thu, 04 Aug 2022 16:08:18 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=46929 António Guterres is backing windfall taxes on "immoral" oil and gas profits, while the IMF argues costs should be passed to consumers

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]]> Japan, US exposed as UN chief urges G7 to commit to 2030 coal exit https://www.climatechangenews.com/2021/03/02/japan-us-germany-exposed-un-chief-urges-g7-commit-2030-coal-exit/ Tue, 02 Mar 2021 16:02:13 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=43564 At a summit on "powering past coal", António Guterres called on rich countries to lead, putting pressure on Japan and the US to produce exit plans

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]]> António Guterres calls for preparatory UN climate negotiations to be held online https://www.climatechangenews.com/2021/02/08/antonio-guterres-calls-preparatory-un-climate-negotiations-held-online/ Mon, 08 Feb 2021 15:33:37 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=43384 In a surprising intervention, the UN chief called for climate talks to be held online, with regional "hubs" for negotiators to access reliable internet

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]]> Guterres tells India coal business ‘going up in smoke’ as investors back clean tech https://www.climatechangenews.com/2020/08/28/guterres-tells-india-coal-business-going-smoke-investors-back-clean-tech/ Fri, 28 Aug 2020 06:00:03 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=42333 UN chief urges Narendra Modi not to expand India's coal sector, warning of harmful consequences for human health, the environment and the economy

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]]> Guterres confronts China over coal boom, urging a green recovery https://www.climatechangenews.com/2020/07/23/guterres-confronts-china-coal-boom-urging-green-recovery/ Thu, 23 Jul 2020 12:30:14 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=42188 China's provinces have overseen a coal plant building spree in the first half of the year, in a bid to revive the Covid pandemic-hit economy

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]]> ‘UN reformer’ Guterres must do more on climate change https://www.climatechangenews.com/2017/09/20/un-reformer-guterres-needs-climate-change/ Wed, 20 Sep 2017 12:34:49 +0000 http://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=34830 Climate change risks are global and intersecting, so why doesn't the UN do more to treat them that way?

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]]> UN secretary general: ‘Get on board the climate train or get left behind’ https://www.climatechangenews.com/2017/05/30/un-secretary-general-get-board-climate-train-get-left-behind/ Tue, 30 May 2017 22:14:50 +0000 http://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=33976 As the US teeters on the brink of leaving the global climate process, António Guterres has implored all countries to stay the course or go alone into a "grey future"

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