“Today, I am calling on all governments, private companies and local authorities to take three steps. First, cancel all global coal projects in the pipeline and end the deadly addiction to coal. I urge all OECD countries to commit to phasing out coal by 2030, and for non-OECD countries to do so by 2040,” Mr Guterres told a conference of the Powering Past Coal diplomatic grouping on Tuesday.
World must break its ‘deadly addiction’ to coal, says UN chief | Sydney Morning Herald