![]() ![]() “We must curb these damaging trends, repair relationships and find joint solutions to our common challenges”.Įnormous opportunities for some of the poorest countries, where population growth is highest”, he said. Meanwhile, from nuclear disarmament to terrorism and global health, delays and deadlock on a host of issues is triggering “anger and resentment against developed countries” to a breaking point, Mr. Floods, storms and droughts are devastating countries that contributed almost nothing to global heating”. “We are heading straight for climate catastrophe, while emissions and temperatures continue to rise. ![]() Guterres observed that “as the world has grown richer and healthier in recent decades, these inequalities have grown too”. Turning to the accelerating climate crisis and unequal COVID recovery, Mr. He noted that just a handful of billionaires control as much wealth as the poorest half of the world while the top one per cent pocket one-fifth of the world’s income.Ĭitizens of the richest countries can expect to live up to 30 years longer than those in the poorest. While it took the global population 12 years to grow from 7 to 8 billion, it will take approximately 15 years for it to reach 9 billion, according to the United Nations. ![]()
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