"With our bottomless appetite for unchecked and unequal economic growth, humanity has become a weapon of mass extinction. We are treating nature like a toilet. And ultimately, we are committing suicide by proxy"
— António Guterres

January 1, 1970

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while addressing the participants at the opening of the 15th session of the UN biodiversity conference (COP15) in Montreal, Canada. Vishwa Mohan. "Humanity has become a weapon of mass extinction: Antonio Guterres at COP15", timesofindia.indiatimes.com, 7 December 2022.