UN climate summit opens in Turkey amid energy crisis
The United Nations COP31 climate summit opened in Antalya, Turkey, with world leaders, delegates and activists starting talks on curbing climate change.
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What happened
The United Nations COP31 climate summit opened in Antalya, Turkey, with world leaders, delegates and activists starting talks on curbing climate change. The meeting comes after a year marked by deadly heatwaves and floods, and war-driven energy disruptions have renewed reliance on fossil fuels. Simon Stiell, the UN climate negotiator, warned that high fossil fuel prices were spreading inflation like a cancer.
Why it matters
Delegates face fresh challenges as the war in Iran disrupts global energy supplies. Australia's Chris Bowen urged delegates to work together, saying the world can still limit global heating to 1.5C.
Timeline
- Nov 9, 7:00 AM ET: The UN COP31 climate summit opened in Antalya, Turkey, after a year marked by deadly heatwaves and devastating floods.
- Nov 9, 12:47 PM ET: UN climate negotiator Simon Stiell warned in his opening address that high fossil fuel prices were spreading inflation like a cancer.
- Nov 9, 9:23 PM ET: Australia's Chris Bowen told delegates the world has the tools and technologies to move faster and can still limit global heating to 1.5C.
- Nov 10, 4:21 AM ET: WMO Secretary-General Celeste Saulo said the world was entering an era of increasingly severe climate extremes.
Coverage
- Record global heat, rising climate risks, finance tensions dominate COP31 day one (Hindustan Times)
- Australia's Chris Bowen tells Cop31 the world can still limit global heating to 1.5C (The Guardian)
- COP31 opens in Türkiye as global temperature flirts with 1.5°C line (RNZ)
- COP31 opens amid energy crisis as activists demand climate action (Al Jazeera)
- High fossil fuel prices spread inflation ‘like a cancer’, UN climate negotiator tells Cop31 (The Guardian)
- UN climate summit kicks off in Turkiye after a disastrous year of extreme weather (CTV News)
- COP31 tackles key climate priorities and challenges (Global News)
- Turkey: Delegates arrive in Antalya as COP31 climate talks begin (Africanews)
- COP31 Commences in Türkiye: Focus on Climate Action Implementation (India News Network)
- Turkiye pushes electrification top of climate agenda as COP31 set to open (Al Jazeera)
- World Vision calls for child-centered climate financing ahead of COP 31 (RNZ)
- Cop31: what is at stake at the UN climate summit and what can it achieve? (The Guardian)
- Who’s who at Cop31: key players at the climate talks (The Guardian)
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