22 Augsut
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres plans to call on world leaders to accelerate efforts to tackle global warming in international conferences due to be held later this month.
A UN spokesperson said on Wednesday that Guterres will attend the G7 summit in France this weekend, as well as the Tokyo International Conference on African Development, or TICAD, to be held in Yokohama, near Tokyo, next week.
He said that during the G7 summit, Guterres will take part in a session to discuss the effects of climate change on biodiversity, and will hold separate meetings with G7 leaders.
During TICAD, co-hosted by the Japanese government, the United Nations and other organizations, Guterres will deliver a speech on measures against climate change, and disaster prevention and mitigation. He will also meet Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, as well as leaders from African nations.
Guterres has expressed concerns that global warming is accelerating faster than expected. He is calling on the leaders of UN member states to participate in the Climate Action Summit that he will host at the UN General Assembly in September.
NHK
