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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: U.N. Chief Says World Must 'Put the Brake' on Emissions by 2020 to Slow Climate Change [Watch (HLS stream): U.N. Chief Says World Must 'Put the Brake' on Emissions by 2020 to Slow Climate Change](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/pis5Z6CV.m3u8) (1:00)  _Published 2018-09-11. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Monday that the world is facing “a direct existential threat” and must rapidly shift from dependence on fossil fuels by 2020 to prevent “runaway climate change.”_ --- Jul 28, 2023 12:32 AM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Worldwide Efforts to Stop Climate Change Are 'Utterly Inadequate,' U.N. Chief Warns](/video/RyVLq1eH/) ### Worldwide Efforts to Stop Climate Change Are 'Utterly Inadequate,' U.N. Chief Warns [Antonio Guterres Nominated As U.N. Secretary General](/video/uCorpg0H/) ### Antonio Guterres Nominated As U.N. Secretary General [The U.N. Talks Climate Change](/video/pBaT3qaP/) ### The U.N. Talks Climate Change --- ## Transcript Climate change is a defining issue of our time and we are at the defining moment, we phase the [ UNKNOWN ] and substantial treats if we do not change course by 2020, we dismissing the point where we can avoid the run away climate change. With disastrous consequences for people and all the net systems that sustain us. Scientists have been telling us for decades, over and over again, and far too many leaders have refused to listen and far too few have acted with the vision science demands. Enormous benefits await human kind if it can rise to the climate challenge A great many of these benefits are economic. I've heard the argument usually from vested interests, that tackling climate change is expensive and could harm economic growths. This is hog wash! In fact, the opposite is true. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"U.N. 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