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Earth is ‘on the highway to climate hell’ as temperatures rise to dangerous levels, UN chief warns
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi (centre right) and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (centre left) prepare with other leaders for a group photo at the Cop27 UN Climate Summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Monday, November 7, 2022

THE head of the UN has warned the world is “on the highway to climate hell with our foot still on the accelerator” as temperatures rise to dangerous levels.

UN secretary general Antonio Guterres addressed world leaders gathered at the Cop27 conference in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.

Despite the wide-ranging agreement reached at Cop26 in Glasgow last year, the world body is predicting the planet is likely to see accelerated sea level rises, glacier melting and more record heat waves.

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