UN chief urges fossil fuel ad ban as heat records pile up – Times of India
NEW YORK: Humans are as dangerous to Earth as the meteorite that drove dinosaurs to extinction, the UN chief said Wednesday, urging an end to fossil fuel ads after 12 months that were the hottest on record.Dramatic climate shifts have already begun taking a heavy toll worldwide, fuelling extreme weather events, flooding and drought, while glaciers are melting away and sea levels are rising.UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres called for a ban on advertising oil, gas and coal -- the main drivers of global warming -- as global climate monitors delivered a swathe of new findings signalling that the planet is in trouble."In the case of climate, we are not the dinosaurs. We are the meteor. We are not only in danger. We are the danger," Guterres said. Last month was the hottest May on record...