UN chief: There is no way to keep 1.5°C alive without a fossil fuels phase-out — Guterres was asked whether it is “fair or acceptable” for Australia to be continuing to approve new coal and gas projects

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1. Context:

   *United Nations secretary general, Antonio Guterres, said fossil fuels must be phased out and all G20 countries must pursue a ‘drastic reduction of emissions’.*

   *Asked whether he believes it is acceptable for a country like Australia to be continuing to approve new coal and gas projects, Guterres said the ‘situation of different countries is different’ but there should be no ‘illusion’.*

   *’Without a phase-out of fossil fuels in a fair and just way, there is no way we can keep the 1.5 degrees alive,’ Guterres said in a reference to the Paris climate agreement goal of holding temperature rise to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.*

2. “Fair or acceptable”? New oil/gas/coal projects should be banned, globally.