The secretary-general of the United Nations has called on world leaders to phase out oil and gas from their economies and stop new exploration in hydrocarbons. Speaking in Tonga, during a meeting of Pacific Island leaders, Antonio Guterres said “This is a crazy situation: rising seas are a crisis entirely of humanity’s making. A crisis that will soon swell to an almost unimaginable scale, with no lifeboat to take us back to safety.” The head of the United Nations also said “The reason is clear: greenhouse gases – overwhelmingly…
