The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has told world leaders to end their addiction to coal. He said the fossil fuel was a "major threat" to climate change and warned that the coal addiction "must be overcome". Mr Guterres was in Thailand for the ASEAN Summit. He said that many countries in danger from climate change are in Asia. He told the world leaders that: "Countries in these areas are countries that are in one of the most vulnerable areas to climate change." He added that: "Unless we are able to...defeat climate change, in 2050, the research has forecasted that 300 million people in the world will be flooded by sea water."

联合国秘书长安东尼奥·古特雷斯(Antonio Guterres)要求世界各国领导人停止对煤炭的依赖。他表示，化石燃料是气候变化的“主要威胁”，并警告称，“必须克服”对煤炭的依赖。古特雷斯在泰国出席东盟峰会。他说，许多面临气候变化威胁的国家都在亚洲。他告诉世界各国领导人:“这些地区的国家是最容易受到气候变化影响的地区之一。”他补充说:“除非我们能够……战胜气候变化，到2050年，研究预测世界上将有3亿人被海水淹没。”

Mr Guterres said climate change was, "the biggest threat to the planet at the present moment". He said using coal was a big problem. "We have to put a price on carbon. We need to stop subsidies for fossil fuels." He urged, "stopping the construction of coal-power electricity plants in order to be able to defeat climate change." The UN chief was speaking on a day that saw "unbearable" and "hazardous" levels of air pollution in India's capital of Delhi. An Indian health ministry official, Varun Jhaveri, said pollution monitors did not have enough digits to accurately record the pollution. He tweeted: "I think we are heading towards Delhi recording the most polluted day in the history of the world!! This is a disaster!"

古特雷斯表示，气候变化是“目前地球面临的最大威胁”。他说使用煤炭是个大问题。“我们必须为碳排放定价。我们需要停止对化石燃料的补贴。”他敦促说，“为了能够应对气候变化，停止建设燃煤电厂。”联合国秘书长是在印度首都德里空气污染达到“难以忍受”和“危险”水平的一天发表上述讲话的。印度卫生部官员Varun Jhaveri说，污染监测仪没有足够的数字来准确记录污染情况。他在推特上写道:“我认为我们正在前往德里，记录世界历史上污染最严重的一天!这是一场灾难!”