Turkey pushes for transition at COP31 as coal burns
The host of this year's UN climate summit remains heavily dependent on fossil fuels as it tries to inspire a global switch to clean energy.
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Pakistan: Farmers in long fight to make German firms pay for flood damage
The litigation argues that the companies' emissions contributed to climate change and turbo-charged rain that wiped out their crops, livestock, and homes
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World entering ‘age of climate extremes’: UN chief
The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addressed the COP31 climate conference, warning that the world is moving into an era of climate extremes, exacerbated by a strong El Niño and climate change.
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COP31 summit leaders urge world to "move faster" on climate
By Valerie Volcovici and Simon JessopANTALYA, Turkey, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Leaders of the COP31 climate summit urged the world to accelerate the fight against global warming as rising temperatures and an increasing number of climate-driven disasters threaten lives and the global economy, as the annual meeting began in Turkey on Monday.The comments at the start of the two-week UN conference were an appeal to governments to focus on climate, even as other international crises from war to soaring inflation and the uncertainty of AI compete for their attention.