The world is in a ‘sorry state’, UN chief warns at Davos summit

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said the world is in a ‘sorry state’ because of myriad ‘interlinked’ challenges including climate change and Russia’s war in Ukraine (Markus Schreiber/AP)

The world is in a “sorry state” because of myriad “interlinked” challenges including climate change and Russia’s war in Ukraine that are “piling up like cars in a chain reaction crash”, the head of the United Nations said at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivered his gloomy message on the second day of the elite gathering of world leaders and corporate executives in the Swiss ski resort of Davos.