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U.N. chief warns Davos crowd of a 'rudderless' and overheating world

His remarks were aimed at focusing attention on rising global temperatures and unregulated artificial intelligence.

U.N. chief António Guterres, left, speaks with WEF President Børge Brende at 2025 Davos.
U.N. chief António Guterres, left, speaks with WEF President Børge Brende at 2025 Davos. (World Economic Forum)

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres began his speech to the World Economic Forum by taking issue with its theme for this year's gathering.

The speech on Wednesday offered more evidence that Guterres, a veteran politician and tireless champion of fighting climate change, and his speechwriters have a knack for finding novel ways of repeating the same dire and necessary warnings about our "fossil fuel addiction" that keep generating the headlines needed to cut through the social media noise.

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