In a UN first, a "ferocious and talkative" dinosaur burst into the United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York with a special warning for any diplomats who still think climate action is for the birds.
The dinosaur - seen through a computer-generated scene from a new short film launched by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) - is the centerpiece of the agency’s "Don’t Choose Extinction" campaign, which urges the world to address the climate crisis.
UNDP research released as part of the campaign shows that the world spends $423 billion annually just to subsidize fossil fuels, enough to cover a COVID-19 vaccination for every person in the world, or three times the annual amount needed to eradicate global extreme poverty.