UN Secretary-General António Guterres attends a press briefing to mark the opening of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN in New York on Sept. 18, 2019. AFP PHOTOOn Monday, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will position himself on the frontline against climate change as he presides over a UN emergency summit, a role some say he turned to after difficulties in resolving global conflict.
Mobilizing the globe’s movers and shakers against climate change is paramount in the eyes of Guterres, who served as Portugal’s prime minister from 1995 to 2002 and often mentions not wanting to leave his grandchildren a destroyed planet. Paloma Costa from Brasilia poses for a picture during the Global Climate Strike march on September 20, 2019 in New York City. AFP PHOTOIn Libya, Guterres’ humiliation was severe. He traveled to the country to personally advance prospects for a political solution, only to have one of the negotiating parties launch a deadly offensive to seize the capital of Tripoli in the wake of his departure.
Solar panels, part of 193 solar panels -one for each member country, are seen on the roof of the United Nations headquarters in New York on september 21, 2019, a gift from the Indian government that will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 24th.
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