Guterres was in Abu Dhabi fresh off meetings with The Group of 20 leaders in Osaka, Japan. The countries of the G20 represent 80% of world emissions of greenhouse gases, he said. At the G20 meeting, 19 countries expressed their commitment to the Paris agreement, with the only the United States dissenting. The secretary-general’s special envoy for the climate summit, Ambassador Luis Alfonso de Alba, told The Associated Press it was disappointing that the U.S. has pulled out from the accord. However, he said there are many examples of efforts at the local and state level in the United States to combat climate change.

Source: thestar June 30, 2019 15:29 UTC