On September 23, local time, UN Secretary General Guterres stated in his speech at the high-level meeting on climate held during the 81st UN General Assembly High Level Week that the global climate crisis is accelerating and stronger action must be taken immediately. Guterres called on countries to speed up the energy transition, expand the scale of renewable energy use, improve energy efficiency, reduce methane emissions, and gradually get rid of fossil fuels.

On September 23, local time, UN Secretary General Guterres stated in his speech at the high-level meeting on climate held during the 81st UN General Assembly High Level Week that the global climate crisis is accelerating and stronger action must be taken immediately. Guterres called on countries to speed up the energy transition, expand the scale of renewable energy use, improve energy efficiency, reduce methane emissions, and gradually get rid of fossil fuels.