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UN Chief Urges Ban on Fossil Fuel Advertising to Combat Climate Change

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres strongly criticized coal, oil, and gas corporations, labeling them "the godfathers of climate chaos." He compared their influence to that of tobacco companies, which were banned from advertising due to health concerns, and argued that fossil fuels should face similar restrictions. This is his most severe condemnation yet of the industries responsible for global warming. Guterres also called on countries to ban advertisements promoting fossil fuels, a move campaigners have hailed as "extraordinary." Many governments already restrict or prohibit advertising for products that harm human health, such as tobacco, and Guterres' proposal aims to extend this approach to the energy sector.

  1. PT
    António Guterres
    United Nations
    1. I urge every country to ban advertising from fossil fuel companies.
    2. The battle for 1.5 degrees will be won or lost in the 2020s.
    3. We must directly confront those in the fossil fuel industry who have shown relentless zeal for obstructing progress – over decades.
    4. We need an exit ramp off the highway to climate hell.
    5. The godfathers of climate chaos – the fossil fuel industry – rake in record profits and feast off trillions in taxpayer-funded subsidies.
    6. Many governments restrict or prohibit advertising for products that harm human health — like tobacco. Some are now doing the same with fossil fuels. I urge every country to ban advertising from fossil fuel companies.
  2. IT
    Carlo Buontempo
    Copernicus Climate Change Service
    1. We have not seen anything like this in the last several thousand years.

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sources

  1. 1.The Times
  2. 2.BBC
  3. 3.Al Jazeera

perspectives

  1. 1.World Economy
  2. 2.Regulation
  3. 3.Oil Market
  4. 4.Climate Change
  5. 5.Biodiversity

countries

  1. 1.GermanyDE

organizations

  1. 1.European Union
  2. 2.United Nations
  3. 3.UN World Meteorological Organization
  4. 4.World Health Organization
  5. 5.American Petroleum Foundation
  6. 6.Copernicus Climate Change Service
  7. 7.UK Advertising Standards Authority

persons

  1. 1.António GuterresPT
  2. 2.Carlo BuontempoIT
  3. 3.Baillie Gifford
  4. 4.Ko Barrett
  5. 5.Megan Bloomgren

technicals

  1. 1.Copernicus
  2. 2.Arctic
  3. 3.El Niño