At the session taking place within the framework of the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2023, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres criticized the oil and gas enterprise “cheated” regarding their role in the matter global climate warmingwhereby he emphasized that these businesses must be held responsible when the negative impacts are becoming more and more obvious.
At a session attended by the world’s leading politicians and businesses, Secretary-General Guterres said that since the 1970s, a number of suppliers fossil fuel were fully aware that their product might warm the Earth.
The United Nations Secretary-General compared the actions of oil and gas companies to tobacco companies, arguing that these businesses have contributed to aggravating the negative impacts they are already aware of.
Therefore, just as tobacco companies have been held accountable for their actions, Secretary-General Guterres believes that large oil and gas companies should also be held accountable.
In 1998, the US states reached a landmark agreement worth $ 246 billion, which recovered the costs of treatment for people affected by the harmful effects of tobacco.
Secretary General Gueterres mentioned a study published by the journal Science, which said ExxonMobil ignored scientific studies on the impact of fossil fuels on climate change.
The study found that the company’s scientists modeled and predicted global warming “with astonishing accuracy,” but the company’s management took no practical action on the information. this news. ExxonMobil is currently the target of several lawsuits in the US.
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In his speech, the United Nations Secretary-General called on the world to “put an end to fossil fuels,” warning that the ambitious goal was to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. C compared to the pre-industrial era has “dissolved to smoke.”
The United Nations Secretary-General said fossil fuel producers are still racing to expand production, but he stressed that this business is “not suitable for human existence.”
Meanwhile, in response to a question regarding whether oil companies should be held accountable like tobacco companies, US climate envoy John Kerry said the US “is not currently looking for similarities”. same or different.”
Mr. Kerry said it was important for these companies to be more cooperative in efforts to combat the climate crisis. Mr. Kerry said that all laws promoting climate change at the national, regional, local and city levels, as well as in the oil and gas and coal industries should be promoted.
Finally, Secretary-General Guterres called on business leaders to put in place “credible and transparent” plans by the end of 2023, aiming to achieve the global target of net zero emissions.
He called on oil and gas companies to act on recommendations published by UN experts at the 27th Summit of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27). in Egypt in November 2022.
He urged oil and gas companies to be “transparent and transparent” in their climate plans and criteria, to avoid letting “consumers, investors and regulators receive misinformation.” /.
Hoang Chau (VNA/Vietnam+)