UN: Ad industry must drop fossil fuel clients or risk ‘planetary destruction’

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called on the advertising industry to stop working with fossil fuel companies immediately to prevent “planetary destruction”.

Speaking today on World Environment Day (5 June), Guterres urged every country worldwide to ban advertising from fossil fuel firms, and called on media and tech companies to stop taking money from such businesses.

Arguing society is “playing Russian roulette” with the planet and is headed on a “highway to climate hell”, the UN chief claimed the fossil fuel industry has “shamelessly greenwashed” using advertising.