With our bottomless appetite for unchecked and unequal economic growth, humanity has become a weapon of mass extinction. We are treating nature like a toilet. And ultimately, we are committing suicide by proxy

while addressing the participants at the opening of the 15th session of the UN biodiversity conference (COP15) in Montreal, Canada. Vishwa Mohan. "Humanity has become a weapon of mass extinction: Antonio Guterres at COP15", timesofindia.indiatimes.com, 7 December 2022.