Humanity’s addiction to fossil fuels opened ‘the gates to hell’: UN chief
Humanity’s addiction to fossil fuels has “opened the gates to hell,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday as he opened a high-level climate summit. For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app. Guterres evoked “horrendous heat” and “historic fires” fueled by greenhouse gas emissions, but stressed the future was not fixed and it is not too late to limit the rise in global temperatures to the international goal of maximum 1.5 degrees Celsius. Read more: