UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called on business leaders gathered at the World Economic Forum in Davos to follow the principles outlined by an expert group to make “credible”, accountable net-zero pledges.
While companies are increasingly pledging to cut greenhouse gas emissions to as close as possible to zero, the benchmarks and criteria they use “are often dubious or murky”, the UN chief told the Davos delegates. He urged the participants: “Put forward credible and transparent transition plans on how to achieve net-zero – and submit those plans before the end of this year.”
Guterres has been spouting off about emissions on a near hourly basis for a long time. He is pretty mute when it comes to global security and war crimes. I can't remember the last time the UN tallied a 'success'.