'World paying horrific price for fossil fuels folly'

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 11, 2022 12:46 am

SUKKUR, Pakistan: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said developing nations were paying a 'horrific price' for the world's reliance on fossil fuels as he toured parts of Pakistan hit by floods blamed on climate change.

Nearly 1,400 people have died in flooding that covers a third of the country — an area the size of the United Kingdom — wiping out crops and destroying homes, businesses, roads and bridges.

APPEAL TO ALL NATIONS United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a joint news conference with Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (not in photo) at Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry in the capital Islamabad on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. AFP PHOTO

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