UN chief warns of ‘disconnect’ between citizens and governments on climate

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned of a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;dangerous disconnect” between what scientists and citizens are demanding to curb climate change – and what governments are actually doing about it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Guterres said global greenhouse gas emissions need to drop by 45&percnt; this decade but are currently forecast to increase by 14&percnt;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are witnessing a historic and dangerous disconnect&colon; science and citizens are demanding ambitious and transformative climate action&comma;” he said at a climate conference in Austria&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Meanwhile many governments are dragging their feet&period; This inaction has grave consequences&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Guterres said Russia’s war in Ukraine risked worsening the crisis because major economies were &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;doubling down on fossil fuels” that are to blame for much of the emissions stoking global warming&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;New funding for fossil fuel exploration and production infrastructure is delusional&comma;” he said in a video message to the Austrian World Summit&comma; initiated by former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It will only further feed the scourge of war&comma; pollution and climate catastrophe&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">Just popping in during my friend <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;vanderbellen&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&commat;vanderbellen<&sol;a>’s speech&excl; 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who has long campaigned against environmental pollution&comma; said the war in Ukraine is another reason to stop using fossil fuels&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He cited research showing that Europe paid Russia tens of billions of dollars for energy imports in the first two months of the year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;No matter how you look at it&comma; we have blood on our hands because we are financing the war&comma;” said Schwarzenegger&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We must do whatever it takes to eliminate our addiction to fossil fuels&period; We must be part of the solution&comma; not part of the problem&period; Failure is no option here&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68cd3c6b7df98">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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