COP29: UN Chief calls for climate justice amidst anxieties over new finance targets

The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, on Thursday, urged world leaders to instruct their ministers and negotiators to secure a new ambitious climate finance goal in Baku.

The UN official made the call on Thursday while addressing journalists at the ongoing COP29 venue in Azerbaijan.

“I urged G20 leaders to instruct their ministers and negotiators to secure a new ambitious climate finance goal at COP29. And I heard leader after leader stress the importance of concrete success,” Mr Guterres said.