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Failure to agree climate deal rules would be suicidal, says UN chief

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres addresses during the opening of COP24 UN Climate Change Conference 2018 in Katowice, Poland December 3, 2018. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel - RC1EBDD5B470

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres highlighted the desperate need to create an international climate deal. Image: REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

Bate Felix
Energy Correspondent , Reuters
Agnieszka Barteczko
Nina Chestney
Reporter, Reuters
David Stamp
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Participants attend the COP24 U.N. Climate Change Conference 2018 in Katowice, Poland December 11, 2018. Agencja Gazeta/Grzegorz Celejewski via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. POLAND OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN POLAND. - RC13BA4FD020
Participants attend the COP24 U.N. Climate Change Conference 2018 in Katowice, Poland December 11, 2018. Image: Agencja Gazeta/Grzegorz Celejewski via REUTERS
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