A MOMENT OF TRUTH: SPECIAL ADDRESS ON CLIMATE ACTION BY UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL ANTÓNIO GUTERRES
On World Environment Day, UN Secretary-General Guterres will deliver a pivotal speech at the American Museum of Natural History with opening remarks by UN Special Envoy Michael R. Bloomberg and Museum President Sean M. Decatur
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**WEDNESDAY 5 JUNE 2024 AT 10:00AM EDT**
A MOMENT OF TRUTH: SPECIAL ADDRESS ON CLIMATE ACTION BY UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL ANTÓNIO GUTERRES
On World Environment Day, UN Secretary-General Guterres will deliver a pivotal speech at the American Museum of Natural History with opening remarks by UN Special Envoy Michael R. Bloomberg and Museum President Sean M. Decatur
NEW YORK, NY (31 May 2024) – As climate records are shattered, and emissions continue to rise, on Wednesday, 5 June at 10:00 AM EDT the UN Secretary-General António Guterres will set out some hard-hitting truths about the state of the climate, the grotesque risk leaders are running, and what companies and countries – particularly the G7 and the G20 – need to do over the next eighteen months to salvage humanity’s chances of a livable future. The Secretary-General will also share new data from the World Meteorological Organization and the Copernicus Climate Change Service. The Secretary-General will be joined by Michael R. Bloomberg, UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Climate Ambition and Solutions and Sean M. Decatur, President of the American Museum of Natural History.
WHAT:
A SPECIAL ADDRESS ON CLIMATE ACTION
WHO:
António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General
Michael R. Bloomberg, UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Climate Ambition and Solutions
Sean M. Decatur, President of the American Museum of Natural History
Femi Oke, Independent Journalist; Co-Founder, Moderate The Panel
WATCH:
WebTV.un.org livestream
WHEN:
Wednesday, 5 June 2024, 10:00 AM EDT