UN Chief Urges Credible Exit Strategy from Fossil Fuels to Avoid Catastrophic Climate Change.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has criticised fossil fuel companies for betraying future generations and undermining efforts to phase out a product he called “incompatible with human survival”. He dismissed suggestions by some oil executives that fossil fuel firms can keep up production if they find a way to capture planet-warming carbon emissions. Guterres called on the industry to put forward a credible plan for shifting to clean energy “and away from a product incompatible with human survival”. He also urged rich countries to commit to phasing out coal by 2030, and for others to follow suit a decade later.