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Secretary-General's remarks on Climate Action "A Moment of Opportunity: Supercharging the Clean Energy Age"

:UN 본부에서 열린 High-Level Political Forum 2025(고위급 지속가능발전 포럼)의 기후 행동 특별 연설(Climate Action Special Address)

원문: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/statements/2025-07-22/secretary-generals-remarks-climate-action-moment-of-opportunity-supercharging-the-clean-energy-age-delivered-scroll-down-for-all-french?utm_source=chatgpt.com

누가: UN Secretary-General António Guterres

언제: 22 July 2025

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The headlines are dominated by a world in trouble. 

By conflict and climate chaos.

By rising human suffering.

By growing geo-political divides.

But amidst the turmoil, another story is being written.

And its implications will be profound.

Throughout history, energy has shaped the destiny of humankind – from mastering

fire, to harnessing steam, to splitting the atom.

Now, we are on the cusp of a new era. 

Fossil fuels are running out of road.

The sun is rising on a clean energy age.

Just follow the money.

$2 trillion went into clean energy last year – that’s $800 billion more than fossil fuels, and up almost 70% in ten years.

And new data released today shows that solar – not so long ago four times the cost of fossil fuels – is now 41% cheaper.

Offshore wind – 53%.

And over 90% of new renewables worldwide produced electricity for less than the cheapest new fossil fuel alternative.

This is not just a shift in power.  This is a shift in possibility.

Yes, in repairing our relationship with the climate.

Already, the carbon emissions saved by solar and wind globally are almost equivalent to what the whole European Union produces in a year.

But this transformation is fundamentally about energy security and people’s security.

It’s about smart economics.

Decent jobs, public health, advancing the Sustainable Development Goals. 

And delivering clean and affordable energy to everyone, everywhere.

Today, we are releasing a special report with the support of UN agencies and partners.

The report shows how far we have come in the decade since the Paris Agreement sparked a clean energy revolution.  And it highlights the vast benefits – and actions needed – to accelerate a just transition globally.

Renewables already nearly match fossil fuels in global installed power capacity.

And that’s just the beginning. 

Last year, almost all the new power capacity built came from renewables. 

And every continent on Earth added more renewable capacity than fossil fuels.

The clean energy future is no longer a promise.  It’s a fact. 

No government.  No industry.  No special interest can stop it. 

Of course, the fossil fuel lobby of some fossil fuel companies 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.  

Excellencies,

The energy transition is unstoppable.

But the transition is not yet fast enough or fair enough. 

OECD countries and China account for 80% of renewable power capacity installed worldwide.