聯(lián)合國秘書長安東尼奧·古特雷斯(Antonio Guterres)要求世界各國領導人停止對煤炭的依賴。他表示,化石燃料是氣候變化的“主要威脅”,并警告稱,“必須克服”對煤炭的依賴。古特雷斯在泰國出席東盟峰會。他說,許多面臨氣候變化威脅的國家都在亞洲。他告訴世界各國領導人:“這些地區(qū)的國家是最容易受到氣候變化影響的地區(qū)之一。”他補充說:“除非我們能夠……戰(zhàn)勝氣候變化,到2050年,研究預測世界上將有3億人被海水淹沒。”
Mr Guterres said climate change was, "the biggest threat to the planet at the present moment". He said using coal was a big problem. "We have to put a price on carbon. We need to stop subsidies for fossil fuels." He urged, "stopping the construction of coal-power electricity plants in order to be able to defeat climate change." The UN chief was speaking on a day that saw "unbearable" and "hazardous" levels of air pollution in India's capital of Delhi. An Indian health ministry official, Varun Jhaveri, said pollution monitors did not have enough digits to accurately record the pollution. He tweeted: "I think we are heading towards Delhi recording the most polluted day in the history of the world!! This is a disaster!"
古特雷斯表示,氣候變化是“目前地球面臨的最大威脅”。他說使用煤炭是個大問題。“我們必須為碳排放定價。我們需要停止對化石燃料的補貼。”他敦促說,“為了能夠應對氣候變化,停止建設燃煤電廠。”聯(lián)合國秘書長是在印度首都德里空氣污染達到“難以忍受”和“危險”水平的一天發(fā)表上述講話的。印度衛(wèi)生部官員Varun Jhaveri說,污染監(jiān)測儀沒有足夠的數字來準確記錄污染情況。他在推特上寫道:“我認為我們正在前往德里,記錄世界歷史上污染最嚴重的一天!這是一場災難!”