United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called out the world’s largest emitters to do their part in reducing carbon emissions at a Sept. 14 press briefing kicking off the 77th session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City.
Pointing to the recent flooding in Pakistan, he called the global response to climate change “inadequate” and noted that the most impoverished nations are already bearing the brunt of the effects of a warming planet. “Whether it is Pakistan, the Horn of Africa, the Sahel, small islands or least developed countries, the world’s most vulnerable—who did nothing to cause this crisis—are paying a horrific price for decades of intransigence by big emitters,” Guterres said.