Climate change has been caused by humans BBC News 5 Jun 2024

Fossil-fuel companies, labeled as the "godfathers of climate chaos" by the UN Secretary-General António Guterres, should be banned from advertising in all countries, similar to restrictions on tobacco advertising. In a major speech, Guterres urged news and tech media to stop accepting fossil-fuel advertising to prevent further "planetary destruction." He highlighted new data from the World Meteorological Organization indicating an 80% chance of the planet exceeding 1.5°C warming above pre-industrial levels in at least one of the next five years. This threshold, if consistently breached, could lead to severe climate impacts. The 2015 Paris Agreement aims to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C to prevent catastrophic environmental consequences.