World leaders must act to “save humanity,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said yesterday, as they met for the historic COP26 climate summit with code-red warnings from scientists ringing in their ears.
More than 120 heads of state and government are gathering in Glasgow, Scotland, for a two-day summit at the start of the UN’s COP26 conference, which organizers say is crucial for charting humanity’s path away from catastrophic global warming.
US President Joe Biden, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel were all set to deliver speeches expected to reiterate the need for urgency.
“It’s one minute to midnight