‘We treat nature like a toilet,’ says UN secretary-general at start of biodiversity conference
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres opened the United Nations Biodiversity Conference in Montreal this week with a stark warning about the widespread and continuing loss of animal and plant species, which he called “an orgy of destruction”. “Humanity seems determined to destroy,” Guterres said Tuesday. “We are waging war on nature. António Guterres blamed the …