In a speech on renewable energy at the United Nations headquarters in New York, António Guterres, the UN Secretary General, criticized the U.S. for missing what he called the century’s greatest economic opportunity by not embracing the transition to cleaner energy. Guterres stated that ‘clear market distortion’ in favor of fossil fuels, particularly under the policies of former President Trump, is hindering progress. He argued that the shift to renewable energy is not only environmentally necessary but economically inevitable.