
THE head of the UN has warned the world is “on the highway to climate hell with our foot still on the accelerator” as temperatures rise to dangerous levels.
UN secretary general Antonio Guterres addressed world leaders gathered at the Cop27 conference in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
Despite the wide-ranging agreement reached at Cop26 in Glasgow last year, the world body is predicting the planet is likely to see accelerated sea level rises, glacier melting and more record heat waves.

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