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'2024 – a masterclass in climate destruction.' That is how the UN secretary general, António Guterres, started his address to world leaders at Cop29 on Tuesday. 'Families running for their lives before the next hurricane strikes; workers and pilgrims collapsing in insufferable heat; floods tearing through communities, and tearing down infrastructure; children going to bed hungry as droughts ravage crops. All these disasters, and more, are being supercharged by human-made climate change,' he said
Cop29: 2024 has been ‘masterclass in climate destruction’, says UN chief – live updates
Critics say approval of ‘climate credits’ rules on day one of Cop29 was rushed
