‘The World Is Moving Forward’: UN Chief Says Fossil Fuel Interests and Hostile Governments Can’t Stop Clean Energy Future

‘The World Is Moving Forward’: UN Chief Says Fossil Fuel Interests and Hostile Governments Can’t Stop Clean Energy Future

No fossil fuel interest or government can stop the world from working toward a clean energy future, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday after holding a closed-door virtual meeting with 17 heads of government and state. Participants in the meeting included Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of China Xi Jinping and other national leaders. United States President Donald Trump was not included. “…

The meeting took place at the NBD headquarters in Shanghai, China. Both sides discussed strategies to expand financing for energy infrastructure, with special emphasis on renewable energy development, job creation, sustainable development and the modernization of public administration. Silveira highlighted Brazil’s commitment to remain a leader in clean energy. “It is essential to ensure that Brazil remains at the forefront in the race for clean…

UN chief says energy revolution unstoppable despite US pivot

United Nations, United States (AFP) April 23, 2025 UN chief Antonio Guterres said Wednesday that "no group or government" could stop the global energy transition, as the United States pivots away from international climate efforts under President Donald Trump. The remarks by the secretary-general came after a virtual summit of over a dozen world leaders to discuss planning ahead of the major COP30 climate meeting later this year in Brazil.

UN Secretary General António Guterres has proclaimed that "no group or government can stop the green energy revolution," a barely veiled allusion to Donald Trump's U.S. government, which has withdrawn from the Paris climate agreements and is once again committed to fossil fuels. Guterres made this statement after organizing a virtual meeting with Brazilian President Lula da Silva to prepare for the next COP30 in Belem, Brazil, in November, a mee…

No government "can stop the clean energy revolution," said UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday at the end of a virtual climate summit, at a time when the United States once again gives priority to fossil energies.

Vladimir Lenin once defined communism as “the Soviet power plus the electrification of the whole country.” His words may touch the sensitive fiber of today’s green rebels, who see in clean energy a force for transformational change. However, these revolutionaries still have to see their revolution. Last year was the hottest year in history and, most likely, in the last 100,000 years. Although renewable energies are booming, they do not grow fast…