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Business Matters: UN secretary general climate change warning

UN secretary general climate change warning

17/09/2021 GMT

BBC World Service - Business Matters, UN secretary general climate change warning

The UN secretary general says the world is running out of time to tackle climate change.

The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has warned that greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere are rising relentlessly after a brief dip during the pandemic.

The UN secretary general has warned that greenhouse gas in the atmosphere is rising relentlessly after a short dip during the pandemic. Antonio Guterres said he was alarmed how far the world was off course in tackling climate change. We speak to Barbara Davidson from Carbon Tracker who published a report that found many companies do not include their climate impact in their financial statements. And the BBC's Fergus Nicoll explores the prospects for deep sea mining to access metals required in the production of batteries. Gerard Barron is chief executive of The Metals Company which aims to exploit polymetallic nodules, found on the seabed off southern Mexico, and recently listed on the NASDAQ. Michael Lodge is secretary general of the International Seabed Authority, and explains the rules around commercial exploitation of such resources. And we hear about the environmental issues involved from Dr Kirsten Thompson, lecturer in biosciences at the University of Exeter. Plus showbiz reporter Beverly Lyons tells us why Elton John has delayed his UK and European tour until 2023. Rahul Tandon is joined by Patrick Barta from the Wall Street Journal in Thailand and Vonshay Sharpe, president of the Women's Institute for Science, Equity, and Race (WISER) in the US.

Produced by Philippa Goodrich

(Picture: Power plant. Picture credit: PA Media.)

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