UN chief says global coalition for net zero emissions by 2050 taking shape - Global Times

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday that a global coalition for net zero emissions by 2050 is taking shape, while calling for more action on the climatic front.

"A great and growing global coalition for net zero emissions by 2050 is taking shape," the UN chief told reporters at a hybrid press conference held at the UN headquarters in New York.

Guterres will meet with G20 leaders online over the weekend.

"By early next year, countries representing more than 65 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions - and more than 70 percent of the world economy - are very likely to have made ambitious commitments to carbon neutrality," he said.

"These commitments are sending a clear signal to markets, institutional investors and decision-makers," added the secretary-general.