UN chief says hopes ‘unfulfilled’ by climate agreements at G20 summit

United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres (Domenico Stinellis/AP)

UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres gave a mixed verdict on the climate change agreements reached at the Group of 20 summit, saying he hopes for more ambitious commitments to be made at the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow.

G20 leaders agreed during their two-day meeting in Rome on ending financing for new overseas coal plants but did not set a specific year for achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.