UNITED NATIONS, Sept 19 (Reuters) - South Korean pop band Blackpink and American poet Amanda Gorman took to the United Nations stage on Monday to urge action on climate change and other global goals that include achieving gender equality and ending hunger and poverty.
Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterGorman and Blackpink were taking part in an event to promote the 17 sustainable development goals created by the United Nations in 2015.
Erin Schaff/Pool via REUTERSSpeaking via video, the four members of Blackpink - U.N. advocates for the sustainable development goals - urged people to decrease energy consumption, choose local produce and cut food waste.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said various perils were pushing the sustainable development goals "further out of reach," describing the challenge of rescuing them as "immense."
The perils we face are no match for a world united," Guterres said.