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GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

How we avoid irreversible damage & "total disaster": The UN chief's warning for a world experiencing multiple crises

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

GZERO Media

Politics, News, Foreign Policy, News Commentary, Government, Geopolitics, International Relations, Ian Bremmer, Trump, Global Economy, Gzero World

4.7830 Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

The UN's blueprint for making the world a better place is on life support. The pandemic wiped out years of progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and right now there's no way they'll be met by 2030. On the GZERO World podcast, Ian speaks with UN Secretary-General António Guterres at the United Nations headquarters just ahead of this year’s General Assembly. Their one-on-one conversation ranges from rescuing the SDGs, the war in Ukraine to global food insecurity, climate change, and authoritarianism on the rise; but Guterres sees signs of hope amid these converging crises. Guterres is known for bluntly stating the dangers we’re facing—and the need for immediate action.

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0:00.0

We are seeing more and more megaphone diplomacy and less and less discreet diplomacy.

0:05.0

If you want to have a result, we need to build confidence and that is only possible if you do it in a discreet, humble way,

0:13.0

making sure that both sides can trust you that you are not having a different agenda or a different objective,

0:20.0

but to solve the problem

0:22.3

we need to solve together.

0:26.2

Hello and welcome to the G0 World podcast.

0:29.6

This is where you'll find extended versions of my interviews on public television.

0:33.3

I'm Ian Bremmer and today my 101 conversation with UN Secretary General Antonio Guttedish.

0:39.2

I met up with him in New York at the United Nations headquarters just ahead of this year's

0:43.9

General Assembly, and there was no shortage of issues to discuss, from the war in Ukraine to

0:49.1

global food insecurity, climate change, and authoritarianism on the rise.

0:54.3

Gutettish is known for bluntly stating the dangers we're facing and the need for immediate action.

1:00.0

But he's also been a personal force for hope and for practical solutions.

1:04.5

Here's our discussion.

1:10.4

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1:24.9

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1:30.8

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1:37.6

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1:45.9

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1:50.8

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