COP26 optimism was ‘naive’, UN chief says

By Tom Lowe2022-04-05T06:00:00

Antonio Guterres blasts governments and business leaders for ‘lying’ about their efforts to cut carbon emissions

The secretary general of the United Nations (UN) has called the optimism which followed last year’s COP26 climate conference in Glasgow “naive” and accused business leaders of lying about their efforts to tackle emissions.

Antonio Guterres described a new UN report on greenhouse gas emissions a “file of shame” that exposed a “litany of broken climate promises” from government and corporations.

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