14 May 2019

Tax pollution, not people says UN Secretary General

From , 3:04 pm on 14 May 2019

The United Nations Secretary General has sounded a doomsday climate change warning at the start of his Pacific tour.

Antonio Guterres was quizzed by high school and university students in Auckland on how the UN might better twist the arms of world leaders to move to green economies and slow the rapid rise of the earth's temperature.

Alex Perrottet went along to his university meeting on Monday.

UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, speaks at a Pasifika roundtable event in Auckland

UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, speaks at a Pasifika roundtable event in Auckland Photo: Chris Skelton