U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday condemned fossil fuel giants for ignoring their own climate science.
Research papers have previously found that Exxon was aware of the dangers of global heating since the late 1970s, while other oil industry bodies knew of the risks associated with burning fossil fuels since at least the 1950s.
"Every week brings a new climate horror story," Guterres said, warning that the commitment to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels was "going up in smoke." This temperature threshold is the aspirational target set in theIt is recognized as crucial because beyond this level, so-called tipping points become more likely. These are thresholds at which small changes can lead to dramatic shifts in Earth's entire life support system.
"The consequences will be devastating. Several parts of our planet will be uninhabitable. And for many, this is a death sentence," he said. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres recently called out what he described as the "massive public relations machine raking in billions to shield the fossil fuel industry from scrutiny."Referring to the research published in Science last week, Guterres said, "Just like the tobacco industry, they rode rough-shod over their own science."
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