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Invest in future, not past: UN chiefBy uniindia

United Nations, Dec 13 (UNI) Those who fail to bet on a green economy will be living in a grey future, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has warned, calling for greater ambition by governments, civil society, the private sector and finance partners to help tackle the global climate challenge.

“Green business is good business,” the UN chief said on Tuesday, speaking at the opening of the One Planet Summit, in Paris, alongside French President Emmanuel Macron and Jim Yong Kim, the President of World Bank.

“Renewables are now cheaper than coal-powered energy in dozens of developed and developing countries […] we need to invest in the future, not the past,” he added.

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