A year of record global heat has pushed Earth closer to dangerous threshold

He repeated past calls for countries to stop investing in new coal power generation, and for developed countries to increase investment in clean energy and extreme weather adaptation, especially in poorer countries that have done the least to contribute to climate change and are feeling some of its worst effects.

And Guterres is now demanding all countries ban advertising from fossil fuel companies, and media and tech companies stop taking those companies’ ad dollars.