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.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday that leaders gathered in Baku for the COP29 Climate Action Summit must take immediate steps to cut emissions, safeguard people from climate chaos,

The summit's top agenda item is agreeing a deal for up to $1 trillion in annual climate finance for developing countries.

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.