The Secretary-General of the United Nations called for international cooperation to meet climate targets and to better protect billions exposed to the effects of extreme heat.
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00:00The United Nations Secretary General António Guterres issued an urgent call to action after
00:08the world experienced its hottest day on record on Monday.
00:14He states that extreme heat events are increasing in scale, intensity, frequency and duration
00:20and warns that Earth is becoming hotter and more dangerous for everyone and everywhere.
00:27Extreme temperatures are no longer a one-day, one-week or one-month phenomenon.
00:33If there is one thing that unites our divided world, it is that we are all increasingly
00:40feeling the heat.
00:42The UN chief asks for a joint international effort to address the extreme heat and urges
00:48countries to work towards the global goals agreed at COP28.
00:53He calls out the world's wealthiest countries and urges that their leadership is essential
00:57to the phasing out of fossil fuels.
01:00The G20 must shift fossil fuel subsidies to renewables and to the support of vulnerable
01:06countries and communities.
01:09And national climate action plans must show how each country will contribute to the global
01:14goals agreed at COP28.
01:17Guterres attributes extreme heat to the widening of inequalities.
01:21He stresses that the implementation of measures to protect exposed workers and those vulnerable
01:27to climate change must be in place to reflect the reality of the rising heat today.