WMO report shows new climate records – Guterres warns nations

Climate change is „occurring at a catastrophic rate, destroying lives and livelihoods on every continent„: This was the warning of UN Secretary-General António Guterres at the start of the climate conference in Egypt. He called on UN states to respond to „the planet’s distress signal with ambitious, credible climate action.“ Guterres called the State of the Global Climate in 2022 report by the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO), presented on Sunday, a „chronicle of climate chaos.“