UN chief: Don’t let Russia crisis fuel climate destruction

A bird flies by as the sun rises behind a tree in the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany (Michael Probst/AP)

Countries scrambling to replace Russian oil, gas and coal supplies with any available alternative may fuel the world’s “mutually assured destruction” through climate change, the head of the United Nations has warned.

UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres said the “all-of-the-above” strategy now being pursued by major economies to end fossil fuel imports from Russia because of its invasion of Ukraine could kill hopes of keeping global warming below dangerous levels.