UN Secretary-General declares fossil fuel era fading, “The energy transition is unstoppable, but the transition is not yet fast enough or fair enough”
https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/07/1165460
UN Secretary-General declares fossil fuel era fading, “The energy transition is unstoppable, but the transition is not yet fast enough or fair enough”
https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/07/1165460
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> In a special address at UN Headquarters in New York, Mr. Guterres cited surging clean energy investment and plunging solar and wind costs that now outcompete fossil fuels.
> “**The energy transition is unstoppable, but the transition is not yet fast enough or fair enough**,” he said. “Just follow the money,” Mr. Guterres said, noting that $2 trillion flowed into clean energy last year, $800 billion more than fossil fuels and up almost **70 percent in a decade.**
> He noted new data from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) showing solar, once four times costlier, is **now 41 percent cheaper** than fossil fuels.
> Similarly, **offshore wind is 53 percent cheaper**, with more than 90 percent of new renewables worldwide beating the cheapest new fossil alternative. “This is not just a shift in power. It is a shift in possibility,” he said.
> Mr. Guterres underscored that a clean energy future “is no longer a promise, it is a fact”. **No government, no industry and no special interest can stop it.**
> “Of course, the fossil fuel lobby will try, and we know the lengths to which they will go. But, I have never been more confident that they will fail because we have passed the point of no return.”
> He urged countries to lock ambition into the next round of national climate plans, or NDCs, due within months. Mr. Guterres called on the G20 countries, which are responsible for 80 percent of emissions, to submit new plans aligned with the 1.5°C limit and present them at a high‑level event in September.
Bruh I literally just saw an article elsewhere on Reddit about how BP is transitioning back to fossil fuels. UN guy can say what he wants but the transition that he wants is not happening. Gas and oil companies are now more emboldened than ever to keep doing what they’re doing, especially since the Trump administration classifies their work as good for the environment. Guarantee we’ll all be gone from climate change within the next decade or two while rich scumbags are partying away in their doomsday bunkers
US: “I’ll just be over here jerking off my Russian boyfriend and letting the rest of the world deal with their 1.5C whatevers “
Its a lot fairer than previous energy transitions. No one is blocking poor countries from developing solar like we did with nuclear under the guise of “preventing proliferation” Anyone can buy a solar panel and a battery and have light or full electricity in their homes. You cant do that with coal or natural gas or nuclear power. Renewable energy is the most democratic of all energy systems