UN Secretary-General labels Australia a 'holdout' for refusing to do more on climate change

The UN Secretary-General has branded Australia a"holdout" for refusing to do more to cut greenhouse gas emissions this decade.The United Nations secretary-general has called Australia a "holdout" after Scott Morrison refused to strengthen the nation's 2030 emissions reduction target.António Guterres has used an address to a sustainability summit to take an extraordinary public swipe at Australia's climate change efforts.

"Keeping 1.5 alive requires a 45 per cent reduction in global emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality by mid-century. That problem was not solved in Glasgow," the UN chief said. "It's very unusual for the UN secretary-general to call out any country, specifically. I don't recall a time when this has happened. It's striking to see," he said.

On Tuesday she'll address a UN monitoring mission that is in Australia to evaluate federal government efforts to protect the Great Barrier Reef from climate change and other threats.

The world labels the U.N a joke for not expelling Russia from the Security Council. Ukraine has a point, the Soviet Union of countries were admitted to the U.N whilst the new Russia did not apply. Russia sits illegitimately at the U.N it is simply not the same country.

What if Australia spends the billion $ on climate change rather than on nuclear submarine?

UN is a flop, China the world's biggest polluter is allowed unfettered pollution until 2050 ?

Ignore the UN. No function when there is a war.

no matter how hard the image of the Great Barrier Reef is going to be advertised into the world, nothing is more damage to this complete bungle on climate change issue

Is there a bigger problem in the world atm, think about how to help the poor Ukrainian

… and rightfully so.

PaulFletcherMP calls Guterres, 'Chattering class'.. I like to see him say that to his face...

good to see that Scott Morrison won't be bullied by the global elite

ScottMorrisonMP you stuffed up again

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