UN chief says world is ‘on a highway to climate hell’ without urgent action to cut emissions

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres told countries gathered at the start of the COP27 summit in Egypt on Monday they face a stark choice: work together now to cut emissions or condemn future generations to climate catastrophe. The speech set an urgent tone as governments sit down for two weeks of talks on how to avert the worst of climate change, even as they are distracted by Russia’s war in Ukraine, rampant consumer inflation and energy shortages. “Humanity has a choice: co-operate or perish,” Guterres told delegates gathered in the seaside resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh. He called for…