India, Nov. 12 -- A breach of the 1.5degC global warming threshold is now inevitable, but the world still has the power to determine how high temperatures rise and how long they remain above that limit, United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday, calling for global emissions to fall around 6% every year and a much faster transition away from fossil fuels.

"Global emissions must fall around 6 per cent every year. Current national plans, including conditional ones, deliver at best one-third of that," he said, warning that the world was moving "far too slowly" at this stage.

Addressing the COP31 Leaders' Summit as part of the high-level segment in Antalya, Guterres warned that current national climate plans, even i...