UN chief voices concern as divides threaten COP27

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday that as COP27 is scheduled to wrap up in 24 hours but countries remain divided on several significant issues including ‘loss and damage’, Guterres requested all parties to rise to the urgency of the moment and agree on real solutions to solve humanity’s greatest challenge. “COP27 is scheduled to close in 24 hours – and the parties remain divided on a number of significant issues as it was referred. There has been clearly, as in past times, a breakdown in trust between North and South, and between developed and emerging economies. This is no time for finger pointing. The blame game is a recipe for mutually assured destruction,” Guterres told journalists.
“I am here to appeal to all parties to rise to this moment and to the greatest challenge that humanity is facing,” he added.
The UN chief asked nations countries to deliver the kind of meaningful action that people and the planet desperately need. “The world is watching and has a simple message: stand and deliver,” he underscored. Guterres reminded world leaders that global emissions are at their highest levels in history, and climate impacts are decimating economies and societies. “