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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers a special address on climate action at the American Museum of Natural History in New York on World Environment Day, June 5, 2024. (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP)
Governments should ban advertising by fossil fuel companies in the same way that restrictions are placed on other harmful products like tobacco, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday.
"Many governments restrict or prohibit advertising for products that harm human health -- like tobacco," he said in New York. "Some are now doing the same with fossil fuels. I urge every country to ban advertising from fossil fuel companies. And I urge news media and tech companies to stop taking fossil fuel advertising."