--- title: António Guterres: The 100 Most Influential Climate Leaders of 2026 description: Find out why António Guterres is on TIME's 2026 list of the 100 most influential leaders driving business climate action. canonical: https://time.com/collection/time100-climate/2026/antonio-guterres/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2026-11-09T13:00:52.022Z article:modified_time: 2026-11-09T13:00:52.326Z article:section: Collection Item og:title: António Guterres: The 100 Most Influential Climate Leaders of 2026 og:description: Find out why António Guterres is on TIME's 2026 list of the 100 most influential leaders driving business climate action. og:url: https://time.com/collection/time100-climate/2026/antonio-guterres/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltefcfa85490986b79/6aeaac58c44d5d4cc40cc943/261123_T100CLIM_L_Guterres.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: António Guterres: The 100 Most Influential Climate Leaders of 2026 og:type: article twitter:card: summary twitter:title: António Guterres: The 100 Most Influential Climate Leaders of 2026 twitter:description: Find out why António Guterres is on TIME's 2026 list of the 100 most influential leaders driving business climate action. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltefcfa85490986b79/6aeaac58c44d5d4cc40cc943/261123_T100CLIM_L_Guterres.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 09, 2026 # António Guterres > Sponsored content. 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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. U.N. Secretary-General by António Guterres  Clarens Siffroy—AFP/Getty Images Outgoing U.N. Secretary General António Guterres has spent the last decade championing climate action—regardless of whether it’s in vogue. He has long advocated for the shift to renewable energy and warned about the outsized impact climate change stands to have on poorer nations. In [October](https://press.un.org/en/2026/sgsm23334.doc.htm), he called out fossil-fuel companies for “boiling our planet,” and urged governments to end fossil-fuel subsidies. Also this fall, he launched the Global Grids Accelerator, a new initiative to accelerate clean-energy investments in Africa and Southeast Asia. Guterres used his position to keep the climate crisis on the global stage, and put pressure on the rest of the world to follow suit. _—Simmone Shah_ **What is the single most important action you think the public, or a specific company or government, needs to take in the next year to advance the climate agenda?** Every government must act now to make the transition away from fossil fuels a reality. That means fair and credible national plans, with clear timelines, to shift from fossil fuels to clean energy, while ensuring a just transition for workers and communities. This is not only a climate imperative. It is fundamental to energy security, competitiveness and economic opportunity. [Three out of four people](https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/three-facts-that-show-how-solar-and-wind-strengthen-energy-security/) live in countries that are net importers of fossil fuels. Fossil fuel dependence leaves families, businesses and entire economies at the mercy of price shocks and disruptions beyond their control. The G20 must lead. And developed countries must support developing economies with the affordable finance they need to move faster. The urgency is greater than ever. The world is [set to temporarily breach 1.5° Celsius](https://www.unep.org/en/news-and-stories/press-release/unep-world-set-cross-15degc-global-warming-can-still-limit-adapt-and) of warming above pre-industrial levels, the threshold scientists have identified as critical to limiting the worst impacts of climate change. We must make that overshoot as small and as short as possible, and bring temperatures back down. Every year of delay locks in more emissions, drives up costs, and exposes more people to devastating climate impacts. **Do you think AI will help or worsen the climate crisis?** AI can be a powerful tool against the climate crisis. But it must not become part of the problem. It can help us predict extreme weather, deliver lifesaving warnings, manage electricity more efficiently, and accelerate scientific discovery. But AI also consumes vast amounts of electricity, water and land. We cannot allow its growth to drive more fossil fuel use, strain water supplies or push up people’s energy bills. That is why I launched the [AI Environmental Transparency Initiative](https://unu.edu/inweh/news/un-secretary-general-launches-ai-environmental-transparency-initiative-calling-ai). I am calling on major technology companies to disclose the full carbon, water, and land footprint of their data centers, and to power them with renewable energy by 2030\. The AI industry must come clean. The technologies of the future cannot be powered by the fuels of the past. **What gives you hope about the future of the planet?** The last decade has fueled one of the most promising shifts in power of our time. Renewable energy is the cheapest way to produce new electricity, and it can give countries something else they urgently need: greater energy security and independence. But the revolution must reach everyone. Despite its vast potential, Africa [attracts](https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-investment-2024/africa) just 2% of global clean energy investment, while [600 million](https://www.worldbank.org/ext/en/energizingafrica) people on the continent still lack electricity. Developing countries need affordable finance to build clean energy, grids, and resilience. And I have hope because people are not waiting. Young people, communities, businesses and citizens are pushing for change. The climate crisis is accelerating. 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