UN's Guterres blasts shipping and aviation – climate targets are too lax

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres aims sharp criticism at shipping and aviation to step up their climate goals. A new set of more ambitious and credible targets "must be an urgent priority," he says.
Photo: Petros Giannakouris/AP/Ritzau Scanpix
Photo: Petros Giannakouris/AP/Ritzau Scanpix
By Jack Wittels and Jessica Shankleman, Bloomberg

The head of the United Nations challenged member states and the global body's own agencies to step up climate goals, saying current targets are far too lax.

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