Rich polluting countries like UK must ‘fast forward’ net zero target by a decade, demands UN chief

In a controversial move, the United Nations chief is today calling on polluting developed countries like the UK to "fast forward" net zero targets by a decade to 2040, warning the "climate time bomb is ticking".

It comes as the most comprehensive review yet of the state of climate change delivers a bleak picture of humanity's failure to tackle it, warning the window to secure a "liveable and sustainable future" is "rapidly closing".

...Mohamed Adow, director of thinktank Power Shift Africa, said it was "only fair that Guterres is setting more ambitious goals for wealthier countries who can make the transition more quickly and who have got rich off the back of burning fossil fuels".