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12 November 2024 - Ãå±±½ûµØSecretary-General Ant¨®nio Guterres said on Tuesday that leaders gathered in Baku for the COP29 Climate Action Summit must take immediate steps to cut emissions, safeguard people from climate chaos, and ¡°tear down the walls to climate finance¡± in response to the ¡°masterclass in climate destruction¡± that the world has witnessed in 2024.

¡°The sound you hear is the ticking clock. We are in the final countdown to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius. And time is not on our side,¡± he warned.

In his opening remarks to the , the ministerial-level segment of COP29, which officially opened on Tuesday in the Azerbaijan capital of Baku, Mr. Guterres pointed to the proof, noting that 2024 is almost certain to be the .

Meanwhile, ¡°no country is spared¡± from climate destruction ranging from hurricanes to boiling seas, drought ravaged crops, and more, all being supercharged by human-made climate change.

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