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‘It’s my duty to tell the truth’: UN chief on the climate crisis, capitalism and reasons to be hopeful

The Guardian Environment Tuesday 22 September 2026, 13:00 UTC By Fiona Harvey Environment editor 1 min read
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Before his final general assembly, António Guterres speaks about why he put climate at the centre of his UN tenureAntónio Guterres, who will finish his second term as UN secretary general on 31 December, has spoken out more strongly on the climate crisis than any of his predecessors. He has criticised “immoral” fossil fuel companies for their “grotesque greed”, warned that we have “opened the gates of hell” and hailed the new “clean energy age”. Before his last UN general assembly, we asked...

Before his final general assembly, António Guterres speaks about why he put climate at the centre of his UN tenure

António Guterres, who will finish his second term as UN secretary general on 31 December, has spoken out more strongly on the climate crisis than any of his predecessors. He has criticised “immoral” fossil fuel companies for their “grotesque greed”, warned that we have “opened the gates of hell” and hailed the new “clean energy age”.

Before his last UN general assembly, we asked him about making the climate crisis one of the top priorities of his tenure.

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