The Secretary General of the UN, António Guterres, warned this Friday the leaders who will participate this weekend in the G20 summit in New Delhi that the world "cannot continue like this" and that the lack of unity of the countries in the face of global problems can lead to "catastrophe."
"I have come to the G20 with a simple but urgent appeal: we cannot continue like this. We must unite and act together for the common good," said Guterres during a press conference in the Indian capital to present the summit, which takes place on Saturday and Sunday.
The United Nations Secretary General recalled that "divisions are growing, tensions are reigniting and trust is eroding" which "increases the risk of fragmentation and ultimately of confrontation."
"This fractured world would be deeply worrying in the best of times, but in our time it brings catastrophe," he stressed.
Guterres explained that the world is in transition and that the future is multipolar, but multilateral institutions "reflect a bygone era," with an "obsolete, dysfunctional and unfair" global financial architecture that, in his opinion, needs "structural reform." deep."
"And the same can be said of the United Nations Security Council," he added to request the reform of this organization born at the end of World War II.
Guterres called on the G20 leaders to demonstrate their leadership in two specific aspects: the fight to stop climate change and maintain the 17 sustainable development goals set by the United Nations within the 2030 Agenda.
Regarding the climate crisis, he recalled that the G20 countries are responsible for 80 percent of global polluting emissions and stressed that "half measures will not prevent climate collapse."
For this reason, he asked that the objective of keeping the increase in global temperatures below 1.5 degrees be maintained, advance the transition to a green economy and the implementation of a climate solidarity pact by which the richest countries They help emerging countries reduce their emissions.
"We must act together as a family to save our only Earth and safeguard our only future," he concluded.
