United Nations, Dec. 30 -- Amidst turmoil, the worlds young people are its greatest source of hope, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said in his New Year's message for 2020.

"We enter 2020 with uncertainty and insecurity all around. Persistent inequality and rising hatred. A warring world and a warming planet..." Guterres said on Sunday.

He added that climate change was "not only a long-term problem but a clear and present danger, and we cannot afford to be the generation that fiddled while the planet burned", reports Efe news

But there was also hope, he said.

"This year, my New Year's message is to the greatest source of that hope: the world's young people," he added.

The UN chief highlighted the initiatives of the new generati...