COP26 Live: UN Chief says “stop treating nature like toilet”

By GNNLiberia On Nov 1, 2021 127

The UN Secretary-General suggests a potential failure of climate talks could mean a “death sentence” for several countries

The UN Chief has urged the world’s leaders and people around the world to “stop treating nature like a toilet.”

Speaking at the opening of the World Leaders Summit at COP26, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said: “Our addiction to fossil fuels is pushing humanity to the brink.

“We face a stark choice: Either we stop it — or it stops us. It’s time to say: enough. Enough of brutalising biodiversity. Enough of killing ourselves with carbon. Enough of treating nature like a toilet.”

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Joel Cholo Brooks is a Liberian journalist who previously worked for several international news outlets including the BBC African Service. He is the CEO of the Global News Network which publishes two local weeklies, The Star and The GNN-Liberia Newspapers. He is a member of the Press Union Of Liberia (PUL) since 1986, and several other international organizations of journalists, and is currently contributing to the South Africa Broadcasting Corporation as Liberia Correspondent.

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