BAKU (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told world leaders at the COP29 summit on Tuesday to "pay up" to prevent climate-led humanitarian disasters, and said time was running out to limit a destructive rise in global temperatures.

The UN refugee agency on Tuesday warned of increasing numbers of refugees from regions that are particularly affected by climate change if investments are not made to improve the environment. The UNHCR report was presented at the UN's Climate Change Conference,

The U.N.'s chief tells world leaders at COP29 to 'pay up' or face 'disaster for humanity':::: Baku, Azerbaijan:: Antonio Guterres, U.N. Secretary General"The sound you hear is the ticking clock. We are in the final countdown to limit global temperature rise to 1.