speaking ahead of next month s cop27 conference, mr guterres said the world would face catastrophe unless action is taken. 0ur climate editorjustin rowlatt spoke to him at the un headquarters in new york. it has been a year of extreme weather. devastating floods in pakistan, drought in somalia with millions threatened by famine, and record breaking heat in the uk and many other countries. it s why the un chief says climate is the most important issue in his in tray. climate change is the crisis of our lifetime. it s the defining issue of today s world. so, climate change remains a central priority in everything we do. if we are not able to reverse the present trend that is leading to catastrophe in the world, we will be doomed.
the budget, more important. he needs to focus on the budget, preparing for that. more important. he needs to focus on the budget, preparing forthat. it s incredibly the budget, preparing forthat. it s incredibly myopic. it s shocking. last incredibly myopic. it s shocking. last year incredibly myopic. it s shocking. last year we were a leader in all of this, last year we were a leader in all of this, glascow hosted cop27. this year the this, glascow hosted cop27. this year the president and the climate minister year the president and the climate minister are year the president and the climate ministerare no year the president and the climate minister are no longer attending cabinets minister are no longer attending cabinets after rishi sunak new incarnation of the cabinet this week incarnation of the cabinet this week. he s definitely given the impression of somebody who a climate emergency impression of somebody who a climate emergency is not really in emergency he need
is doing instead of going to cop27, which is trying to sort out his tax and spending plans. which is trying to sort out his tax and spending plans. obviously he has and spending plans. obviously he has a hue and spending plans. obviously he has a huge issue and spending plans. obviously he has a huge issue here. and spending plans. obviously he has a huge issue here. his and spending plans. obviously he has a huge issue here. his predecessor. a huge issue here. his predecessor liz truss in power for very short period of time but during the time managed to tank the economy. he s been clear he needs to fix our mistakes. and that is obviously top of his agenda for the new statement is due on november 17. the daily telegraph is exploring options that he looking at. sorry, i have a sore throat. . ~ . , , he looking at. sorry, i have a sore throat. .~ ., , , ., ., he looking at. sorry, i have a sore throat. .,~ ., , , ., ., .,~ he looking at. sorry, i have a sore throat. .~ ., , , .,
will be how much governments can be trustworthy and that the home secretary is trustworthy. they ll be looking at the store issue. they will be looking at who they are dealing with and understand and see that there are problems. or they have been problems with security and these potential breaches that suella braverman has made. i think there are huge problems with that. also mention politically for him calls for an investigation into exactly what happened, claims of the papers that actually suella braverman didn t come forward and confessed that she was approached first regarding security. all of this is going on. it s overshadowing, we ve talked about rishi sunak talking about his priorities for government, the fact that he s not going to cop27 because he had other priorities. the problem for him is that those priorities are going to be overshadowed by his decision to
something that governments for years and years have done to say this is something we can put off and deal with later. we re not talking about an immediate crisis. actually, it is in immediate crisis was up you reference earlier about the temperatures warming, unseasonably warm at the moment and this is something we re only going to see you get increasingly difficult for betty countries around the world. it s a stark warning ahead of cop27, try and focus though minds of world leaders ahead of that that actually we need to focus on this here and now. , , we need to focus on this here and now. i ,., we need to focus on this here and now. , , ., ., now. let s focus on cop27 here and now. let s focus on cop27 here and now. the front now. let s focus on cop27 here and now. the front page now. let s focus on cop27 here and now. the front page of now. let s focus on cop27 here and now. the front page of the - now. the front page of the independent. it s exactly that theme. sunak to sk