(VOVWORLD) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his 2021 New Year message called on the world to make peace among ourselves and with nature, tackle the climate crisis, stop the spread of COVID-19, and make 2021 a year of healing.
 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (Photo: AP)
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Guterres said 2021 should be the year of healing from the impact of a deadly virus, healing broken economies and societies, healing divisions, and starting to heal the planet. That must be our New Year’s Resolution for 2021, he said.
The Secretary-General said climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic are both crises that can only be addressed by everyone together.
He revealed the UN’s central ambition for 2021: building a global coalition for carbon neutrality - net zero emissions - by 2050. Every government, city, business and individual can play a part in achieving this vision, he said.