Climate change: World mustn't forget 'deeper emergency'
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Climate change: World mustn't forget 'deeper emergency'

World mustn't forget 'deeper emergency', that's the view of the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, in remarks released to celebrate Earth Day. But as the world commemorates the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the planet's "unfolding environmental crisis" is an "even deeper emergency", he says.

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