UN Chief Criticizes Fossil Fuel Subsidies

• UN Chief Antonio Guterres criticized governments for subsidizing fossil fuels.
• Guterres stated that subsidizing fossil fuels is akin to subsidizing suicide.
• Governments are spending money on the wrong things, according to Guterres.
• The success of resolving crises via negotiation depends on leaders' willingness to act.
• Portugal's ex-PM, Antonio Guterres, tests the limits of quiet diplomacy.