GENEVA: The United Nations on Wednesday urged the world to fight climate change with the same determination as it is showing in the battle against COVID-19.
The agency said the COVID-19 crisis was exacerbating the socioeconomic impacts of climate change - for example making it harder to evacuate people and keep them safe from tropical cyclones. "And it will make it more difficult to tackle weather, climate and water-related hazards which are becoming more acute because of climate change."
He said failure to tackle climate change could threaten human well-being, ecosystems and economies"for centuries" to come."We need to show the same determination and unity against climate change as against COVID-19," calling for action not only in the short-term"but for many generations ahead".