Policing of Net-Zero Claims to Take Shape in 2022, UN Chief Says

Antonio Guterres speaks during the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, U.K., on Nov. 1.Photographer: Emily Macinnes/Bloomberg
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The head of the United Nation says a group he’s convening to police net-zero commitments will submit recommendations to him over the course of next year.

“We need to hold each other accountable -- governments, non-state actors and civil society,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said to the Global Climate Action event on Thursday, where he gave details on the High-Level Expert Group that he’s established to give more consistency around net zero targets.