Acknowledging that temperature increases will breach the 1.5C guardrail, Guterres focused on the need to take measures to ensure that the rise is brought below 1.5C. The UN chief announced his plan for a Global Call for Methane Action, spotlighting three sectors-waste, agriculture and fossil fuels, singling out the last for "special focus". Guterres said this sector remains the "root cause" of the climate and energy crisis the world is experiencing.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres urges drastic cuts in methane emissions, starting with the energy sector, to limit an expected overshoot of global warming beyond 1.5C

PARIS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Tuesday for the world to act with “far greater urgency” to limit global warming, warning that fossil fuels were driving twin…