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UN chief urges leaders of every country to declare 'climate emergency'

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks at the R20 Austrian World Summit in Vienna, Austria. [File, Lisi Niesner, Reuters]

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on every country to declare a “climate emergency” on Saturday, as world leaders marking the fifth anniversary of the Paris climate accord made mostly incremental pledges relative to the scale of the crisis.

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