Fighting global warming in nations' self-interest: UN climate chief

Brasilia (AFP) Feb 6, 2025

The UN's climate chief, seeking to shore up solidarity on combating global warming as the United States retreats from its leadership role, appealed to nations' self-interest in a speech Thursday. Speaking at a university in Brazil's capital, Simon Stiell said global heating was "dangerously high," but that real progress had been made since the landmark Paris Agreement. He conceded many c