UN-Generalsekretär erklärt, dass die Ära der fossilen Brennstoffe verblasst ist: „Der Energieübergang ist nicht mehr aufzuhalten, aber der Übergang ist noch nicht schnell genug oder fair genug.“

> In a special address at UN Headquarters in New York, Mr. Guterres cited surging clean energy investment and plunging solar and wind costs that now outcompete fossil fuels.

> “**The energy transition is unstoppable, but the transition is not yet fast enough or fair enough**,” he said. “Just follow the money,” Mr. Guterres said, noting that $2 trillion flowed into clean energy last year, $800 billion more than fossil fuels and up almost **70 percent in a decade.**

> He noted new data from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) showing solar, once four times costlier, is **now 41 percent cheaper** than fossil fuels.

> Similarly, **offshore wind is 53 percent cheaper**, with more than 90 percent of new renewables worldwide beating the cheapest new fossil alternative. “This is not just a shift in power. It is a shift in possibility,” he said.

> Mr. Guterres underscored that a clean energy future “is no longer a promise, it is a fact”. **No government, no industry and no special interest can stop it.**

> “Of course, the fossil fuel lobby will try, and we know the lengths to which they will go. But, I have never been more confident that they will fail because we have passed the point of no return.”

> He urged countries to lock ambition into the next round of national climate plans, or NDCs, due within months. Mr. Guterres called on the G20 countries, which are responsible for 80 percent of emissions, to submit new plans aligned with the 1.5°C limit and present them at a high‑level event in September.