Guterres Announces 'No Nonsense' Climate Action Summit for September 2023: Africa AfricaClimateCrisis
he was determined to make 2023"a year for peace" and a"year for action", highlighting the need for practical solutions to a raft of pressing problems facing all regions of the world.Secretary-General António GuterresBuilding on his general call to action, Mr. Guterres announced that he would convene a Climate Ambition Summit next September, and called on every leader to"step up - from governments, business, cities and regions, civil society and finance.
"This is not a time to sit on the sidelines, it is a time for resolve, determination, and - yes - even hope. Progress has been made on ending conflict in some of the world's warzones, he said, pointing to the cessation of hostilities in northern Ethiopia, as another"reason for hope", a by-product of"a rebirth of diplomacy."
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