United Nations secretary-general António Guterres appealed to governments on Thursday to place the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy at the “core” of their Covid-19 economic recovery spending. Guterres also used the platform created by the International Energy Agency (IEA) Clean Energy Transition Summit, which was hosted virtually and attended by 40 energy ministers from around the world, to bemoan the decision of some governments to direct stimulus spending towards struggling oil and gas companies or to support new coal projects.
