Statement by UN Secretary-General António Guterres on the Outcome of the UN Climate Change Conference COP25 in Madrid:

“I am disappointed with the results of COP25.

The international community lost an important opportunity to show increased ambition on mitigation, adaptation & finance to tackle the climate crisis.

But we must not give up, and I will not give up.

I am more determined than ever to work for 2020 to be the year in which all countries commit to do what science tells us is necessary to reach carbon neutrality in 2050 and a no more than 1.5-degree temperature rise.”